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ClassNK Changes in Executive Board
Japanese ship classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has announced the following changes in its Executive Board of Directors effective 1 March 2010.
Air Bubbles to Reduce CO2 Emissions
NYK and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. are to begin experiments on an air-lubrication system to reduce CO2 emissions during marine transport. Jointly developed by the two companies…
New Guidelines, Shipboard Wireless LAN Systems
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) announced the publication of a new guideline entitled, Guidelines on Shipboard Wireless LAN Systems. The use of wireless LAN systems…
ClassNK New Office at Fujairah
Japanese ship classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) announced the establishment of its new Local Area Representative Office at Fujairah, United Arab…
ClassNK Environmental Awareness Notation
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, also known as ClassNK, has introduced a new notation for ships that meet the standards described in the Society’s just recently published Environmental Guideline.
Updated “Good Maintenance Onboard Ships”
ClassNK has just released the latest updated version of Good Maintenance Onboard Ships. First published in 1994, this latest version of the booklet has been expanded…
Hatteland Redesign Type Approval
The continuing introduction of Hatteland Display's redesigned Series 1 family received another boost in December with several models receiving type approval certification from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). The new Class NK, and other pending type approvals for Series 1 redesign products, will ensure the certification of Hatteland Display's new generation of marine displays and computers matches the last generation Series 1.
UAE Merchant Marine Cadets Graduate
Merchant marine cadets from a United Arab Emirates training ship graduated at a special ceremony held during Seatrade Middle East Maritime 2008, the largest maritime event of its kind in the region, which opened Sunday, 14 December 2008. The deck cadets were the sixth batch of students of the Birla Institute of Technology International Centre for Maritime Studies and Ship Management to pass out after training on the Ras Al Khaimah-berthed training ship Sindbad.
Guidelines - YP47 Steel for Hull Structures
The first large sized container carrier in the world to use a new grade of higher tensile steel in its hull structure with a specified yield point of 47 kgf/mm (460N/mm)…
Middle East Maritime Talks Emissions
Fuel, emissions and green technology is one of the crucial areas to come under discussion at one of the conferences that will take place alongside Seatrade Middle East Maritime 2008.
ClassNK - Guidance for Degraded Fuels
Key factors affecting FO problems noted in 1996 consist of the four “highs”, that is, high density, high viscosity, high sulfur, and high catalytic fines. Key factors affecting FO problems in 2008…
ClassNK Establishes New Office
Japanese ship classification society NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK) announced the establishment of its new NK Tianjin Office on April 1. The NK Tianjin Office reinforces…
ClassNK Announces New Appointments to the Board
Japanese ship classification society Nippon Kaijikyorkai (ClassNK) has announced the following changes in its Executive Board of Directors effective March 1. Chairman and President Kenji Ogawa…
IACS Joint Bulker Project seeks Industry Input
Common rules for bulk carriers have taken another step forward as the IACS Joint Bulker Project team have made a series of presentations to shipowners, seeking industry input to the rules.
Shipbuilding: Joint Bulker Project Seeks Industry Input
In an effort to ensure uniform ship quality and construction standards around the world, there are currently two initiatives underway which seek to formulate a common…
ClassNK and Tribon Offer Different Options
The Japanese classification society ClassNK and Tribon Solutions offer time savings in the early phases of ship design through a new software interface. As part…
ClassNK Register Surpasses 150 mgt Mark
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, also known as ClassNK, announced that the total tonnage of the ships on its register surpassed the 150 million gross ton mark for the first time ever this month.
ClassNK Opens Durban Office
ClassNK, the Japanese-based classification society has opened an office in Durban, Republic of South Africa in response to a significant increase in survey business…
NK To Stay Non-Profit Course
Despite mounting pressures to merge or demutualize societies, ClassNK, Japan's shipping classification society reportedly intends to remain a non-profit making and independent body.