TOKYO: ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for ‘Safety Berthing/Unberthing Assistance System’ developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., and granted its Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions to the ‘Berthing and unberthing Assistance
TOKYO: ClassNK has released the ‘Part A Guidelines for Ships Using Alternative Fuels (Edition 3.0.1)’. This edition includes supplementary explanations about interpretations of safety requirements for methyl/ethyl alcohol-fueled ships, as well as compiling key
TOKYO: ClassNK has released ‘Guidelines for Onboard CO2 Capture and Storage Systems (Edition 2.0)’ first in the world, which assumes onboard CO2 capture systems (OCCS) using membrane separation method which are expected to be applicable
TOKYO: Under Zero-Emission Accelerating Ship Finance (“the Program”), which is jointly operated by Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ) and ClassNK, ClassNK evaluated the hydrogen-fueled demonstration large oil tanker “KIKOU MARU” (IMO 1015595) (“the
TOKYO: ClassNK has issued a Technology Qualification (TQ)*1 for ‘SAS-IBS’, one of the components of the ‘Samsung Autonomous Navigation Assistance System (SAS)’*2 developed by Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., and a certificate handover ceremony was held
TOKYO: ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for ‘Samsung Remote Operation Center (SROC)’, a shore-based remote monitoring system developed by Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., and a certificate handover ceremony was held
TOKYO: ClassNK has added Japan’s first hydrogen-fueled tugboat TEN-OH to its register, which is built by TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. This vessel was developed and build under the ‘Nippon Foundation Zero Emission Ships Project’,
TOKYO: ClassNK has granted its Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions to a Keel Clearance (UKC) predictive port management system ‘Dynamic UKC System (DUKC®)’ developed by OMC International. In order to promote the spread
TOKYO: ClassNK has agreed to collaborate with GTT Training Ltd. (GTT Training), a GTT subsidiary dedicated to the training of professionals in the LNG and future fuels industry. Under the framework of the ClassNK
TOKYO: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has granted approval in principle (AiP) to SRC for Methanol Superstorage, the innovative tank design concept that uses a Sandwich Plate System (SPS) technology to almost double shipboard storage capacity