On July 5, 2012, Det Norske Veritas(DNV) Senior Analyst Pierre Pochard and Maritime Advisory Manager James Wu came to visit Shanghai International Shipping Institute (SISI).

Prof. Zhang Jieshu, Deputy Secretary General of SISI, sent warm greetings on behalf of SISI to DNV guests, and gave a brief introduction of SISI. The two sides had a discussion in depth on the issues of China coastal bulk cargo market analysis, the influence FFA exerts on the freight rate of spot market and the forecasts of shipping market cycle. Det Norske Veritas (DNV) is a global provider of services for managing risk. An independent foundation with the objective of safeguarding life, property and the environment, DNV comprises 300 offices in 100 countries, with more than 10,000 employees.

Besides, the two sides exchanged the resource origin of market analysis data and hoped that data sharing could be realized in the future collaboration to enhance the authority of market analysis report. The two parties maybe cooperated to organize a conference recently.