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Bureau Veritas and Samsung Heavy Industries Announce Expanded Offshore Energy Collaboration and AiP Award
Sep. 11 2025
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SHI) for its newly developed floating offshore wind turbine foundation – SnapWind Float. The certificate was presented during Gastech 2025 in Milan, marking another significant step toward advancing renewable energy technologies for the offshore sector.
Leveraging its extensive offshore engineering expertise, SHI has developed the SnapWind Float – a cost-competitive floating substructure optimized for next-generation 15MW offshore wind turbines. The design features a lightweight, unmanned semi-submersible structure with a passive ballast system and optimized mooring lines, ensuring stability in harsh offshore environments while minimizing operational risk. Its performance has been validated through comprehensive numerical simulations and basin model testing, confirming its robustness and efficiency.
The SnapWind Float also provides an execution-oriented solution optimized for developing floating offshore wind farms in regions where skilled workforce, heavy lifting equipment and available workspace are limited.
Executive Vice President, Industrials and Commodities
Bureau Veritas
BV is proud to award this AiP to Samsung Heavy Industries for its floating offshore wind turbine substructure design. Floating offshore wind will be key to unlocking renewable energy potential in deeper waters, and SHI’s innovative solution represents a major step forward in making large-scale floating wind projects both safe and economically viable. Together, we are contributing to the decarbonization of the energy and maritime sectors.
Hae-Ki Jang, Chief Technology Officer at Samsung Heavy Industries, commented: “The SnapWind Float, which obtained AiP from Bureau Veritas, is a next-generation solution developed by combining SHI's EPC capabilities with innovative design. It is optimized for large-scale offshore wind projects worldwide, and SHI will continue to advance technologies to achieve a net-zero future.”
Photo caption:
(From left) Sungyong Kim, Senior Marketing & Sales Manager, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore;
Byoung-Gark Park, FOWT Development Engineering Manager, Offshore Project EM Team, Samsung Heavy Industries;
Christophe Vaes, Country Chief Executive of Korea, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore;
Hae-Ki Jang, Chief Technology Officer, Samsung Heavy Industries;
Theofanis Sallis, Head of IMEA – Gas Carriers, Centre of Excellence, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore; and
Antonio Yoon, Vice President, Offshore Proposal Team, Samsung Heavy Industries
