ClassNK Academy starts offering the 2025 edition of e-learning courses
TOKYO : ClassNK has started offering the 2025 edition of ClassNK Academy‘s e-learning content. These courses help new employees understand the maritime industry, deepen engineers’ knowledge of ship stability, performance design, and structural strength,
ClassNK releases ‘What is the IMO’s Mid-term measures and how it works’
TOKYO : ClassNK has released ‘What is the IMO’s Mid-term measures and how it works’ to promote understanding of the IMO’s mid-term measures. This document explains the mid-term measures including calculation examples of contribution
ClassNK releases ‘Guidelines for Safety Operation for Ammonia-Fueled Vessels’
TOKYO : ClassNK has released the ‘Guidelines for Safety Operation for Ammonia-Fueled Vessels’ for considering the introduction of ammonia-fueled vessels to ensure safe operation on board ammonia-fueled vessels. By following these guidelines, safe and
ClassNK issues approval in principle (AiP) for Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage system (OCCS) developed by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding
TOKYO : ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for an Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage system (OCCS) developed by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding. The certification confirms its feasibility from regulatory and safety perspectives. Interest
ClassNK awards first Technology Qualification statement to JAPAN MARINE SCIENCE’s ‘Advanced Routing Simulation and Planning’
TOKYO : ClassNK has completed the Technology Qualification (TQ) process for the ‘Advanced Routing Simulation and Planning: ARS’, developed by JAPAN MARINE SCIENCE INC, and issued its first statement. The statement demonstrates the software
ClassNK issues approval in principle (AiP) for retrofitted methanol dual fuel Kamsarmax bulk carrier
TOKYO : ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP)*1 for the design concept of a retrofitted Kamsarmax bulk carrier, converting it from conventional fuel to methanol dual-fuel, jointly developed by TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd.
Enhancing the Global Competitiveness of Japan’s Maritime Industry
OSAKA : The University of Osaka (President: Atsushi Kumanogoh), in collaboration with Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (President: Yukito Higaki, ‘Imabari Shipbuilding’), Japan Marine United Corporation (President: Takashi Hirose, ‘JMU’), Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (President &
World’s First Commercial-Use Ammonia-Fueled Tugboat Completes Three-Month Demonstration Voyage
TOKYO : The world’s first commercial-use ammonia-fueled vessel, Sakigake, has successfully completed a three-month demonstration voyage, during which the vessel engaged in tugboat operations in Tokyo Bay and achieved a GHG-emission reduction of up