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ClassNK: MOL Comfort team needs more time

AUGUST 30, 2013 — ClassNK Executive Vice President Toshitomo Matsui announced today that the ClassNK Casualty Investigation Team’s analysis and investigation of the MOL Comfort casualty will take longer than initially expected,

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ABS forms Global Gas Solutions Team

AUGUST 26, 2013 — “The discovery of new gas resources around the world and the exciting potential for wide-scale adoption of gas as a marine fuel are leading to a dynamic shift

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ABS fleet passes 200 million gt mark

JULY 11, 2013 — ABS reports that its registered fleet has passed the 200 million gross tons mark. Some 12,000 vessels representing 105 flag states are now registered with the classification society.

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ABS fleet passes 200 million gt mark

JULY 11, 2013 — ABS reports that its registered fleet has passed the 200 million gross tons mark. Some 12,000 vessels representing 105 flag states are now registered with the classification society.

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RINA launches new rules, notations and guidance

JUNE 10, 2013 — Genoa, Italy, headquartered classification society RINA has launched new rules for Offshore Support Vessels, new environmental notations covering cargo handling and transhipment operations and a new guide on

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More European shipowners switch to ClassNK

JUNE 7, 2013 — ClassNK, which now bills itself as “the world’s largest classification society,” plans to get even larger. At Nor-Shipping, it underscored these ambitions by announcing plans to open more

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GL develops box ship concept for Intra-Asian routes

JUNE 4, 2013 — Classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has developed a containership design concept for Intra-Asian trade routes: the C-Dragon. C-Dragon measures 211.9 meters in length between perpendiculars and 37.3 meters

ClassNK releases latest Rules

MAY 31, 2013 — Classification society ClassNK has released the latest version of its Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships. The version includes all amendments dated May 30,

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ABS releases advisory on exhaust gas scrubbing

APRIL 30, 2013 — Classification society ABS has released the ABS Advisory on Exhaust Gas Scrubber Systems to help vessel owners and operators assess the viability of meeting environmental requirements by using