Loss of fore section a blow to MOL Comfort investigation
JULY 12, 2013 — ClassNK says that the fore section of the MOL Comfort, which sank yesterday, had been expected to provide valuable information on the cause of the casualty. A ClassNK
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MOL to carry out onboard test of SCR system
JULY 8, 2013 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is to install a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system that it has jointly developed with Yanmar and Namura Shipbuilding on all three power
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
ClassNK releases new edition of Rules
APRIL 25, 2013 — ClassNK announced today that it had released the 2013 edition of the Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships. ClassNK continuously reviews, updates, and
LISCR appoints new president and MEO for Japan
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
First specialized ship for nickel ore carriage delivered
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