ClassNK has released ClassNK ZETA (Zero Emission Transition Accelerator), a GHG emissions management tool for accurately tracking CO2 emissions and confirming and simulating CII ratings ClassNK’s Zero Emission Transition Support Services provide
With IMO’s EEXI and CII requirements putting the pressure on shipowners to reduce carbon emissions, Finnish-based software specialist NAPA and ClassNK are working with Japanese trading house Marubeni on a major fleet-wide
In this edition of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, we talk to ClassNK senior specialist Shimpei Watanabe on what shipowners need to do to meet IMO’s Carbon Intensity Index (CII) requirements and
ClassNK has released a mobile version of its PSC Intelligence PC software for ship management companies. The mobile application enables seafarers not only to manually input the reports from PSC Intelligence into
ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K-Line) and shipbuilder Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co. Ltd. for their jointly-developed design for an ammonia-fueled car carrier. Since it
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has approved a project that will see major domestic players move ahead on the commercialization of ammonia-fueled vessels with Japanese-produced ammonia-burning engines. The
In response to user feedback, ClassNK has significantly simplified the procedures for uploading data such as ship plans to the ClassNK Archive Center (NKAC). The NKAC service was launched in 2016 to
The first vessel to be installed with a CO2 capture plant to lower GHG emissions from its propulsion plant is a Japanese coal carrier, the Corona Utility, operated by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha
In another indication of growing interest in the use of methanol as a marine fuel, ClassNK has granted Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd. an Approval in Principle (AiP) for
K-Line’s LNG-fueled car carrier Century Highway Green, recently completed by Imabari Shipbuilding’s Tadotsu Shipyard, has become the world’s first vessel to receive ClassNK’s Remote Survey (RMSV) notation on delivery. Version 2 of