International classification society Bureau Veritas has entered into a technical and commercial cooperation agreement with French hydrodynamic specialist HydrOcean. Under the agreement, HydrOcean will provide advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) services to BV’s shipping and offshore clients, and Bureau Veritas will market HydrOcean’s specialist services worldwide. Jean-Francois Segretain, Technical Director, Bureau Veritas, said, “HydrOcean’s CFD services save massive amounts of time for ship, offshore structure and marine energy systems designers.