JUNE 18, 2013 — A five-year-old 8,000 TEU containership has broken apart in the Indian Ocean. Dramatic photos tweeted by Maritime Rescue Coordination Center Mumbai (MRCC) this morning showed the two sections
JUNE 13, 2013 — Finnish shipping company Bore Ltd. is to install ClassNK-NAPA GREEN ship efficiency software aboard the 13,625 dwt Ro-Ro vessel Bore Song. The comes after sea trials last year
MAY 7, 2013 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Chengxi Shipyard (Xinrong) Co., Ltd. in China are to collaborate on the installation of ballast water treatment systems (BWTS). By combining MHI’s
APRIL 23, 2013—Safety Management Systems LLC, Portland, ME, recently inked an agreement with American River Transportation Company (ARTCO) to to establish a Towing Safety Management System (TSMS) for the company in accordance
MARCH 28, 2013 — NYK Group member Wing Maritime Service Corporation held a ceremony in Yokohama Port yesterday to mark the entry into service of the NYK Group’s tugboat Tsubasa (gross tonnage:
MARCH 6, 2013 — Classification society ClassNK has granted AIP (Approval in Principle) to a tanker design that reduces the weight of ballast water required by about 65 percent compared with a
JANUARY 23, 2012 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) have received approval in concept from ClassNK for a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) enclosed in
JANUARY 7, 2013 — Takeshi Okamoto has been appointed president and managing executive officer of the Tokyo office of Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the U.S.-based manager of the Liberian
DECEMBER 14, 2012 — China’s Jiangmen Zhongxin Shipbreaking & Steel Co., Ltd. has received the world’s first Statement of Compliance for Ship Recycling Facility. Issued by ClassNK, the Statement of Compliance (SOC)
OCTOBER 23, 2012—The Jules Garnier II, the world’s first specialized vessel for the carriage of nickel ore, was recently delivered by Japan’ Naikai Zosen Corporation, according to ClassNK. Built for Japanese shipping
