World’s First Ammonia Machinery Room Safety Notation Granted
MRS is Class notation demonstrating a ship is equipped with excellent ammonia safety measures for the machinery room.
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Report: Alternative Fuels Insight
The ClassNK Alternative Fuels Insight report has been released, which summarizes the characteristics and latest trends of alternative fuels to support customers’ future fuel selection.
Read moreClassNK Issues Guidelines for Ship Wind Propulsion Systems
ClassNK has released “Guidelines for Wind-Assisted Propulsion Systems for Ships (Edition 2.0)”, which specifies requirements for ensuring the safety of ships equipped with wind-assisted propulsion systems based on the latest insights obtained from involvements in actual installation projects.
Read moreFleet Navigation Cloud Service Gets ClassNK Certification
The J-Marine Cloud service developed by Japan Radio Co. (JRC) has been granted Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions certification by classification society ClassNK. This comes as part of ClassNK’s evaluation service for equipment and software technology to be installed on vessels.
Read moreDesign Approval for Floating Offshore Hydrogen Production Plant
ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for the design of a floating offshore hydrogen production plant developed by Japan Offshore Design & Engineering Platform Technology & Engineering Research Association (J-DeEP).
Read moreJoint Study on Ammonia as Marine Fuel
A total of 23 companies, including ClassNK, ABS, DNV, Equinor and TotalEnergies, have entered into a memorandum of understanding on the joint study of common issues regarding ammonia as an alternative marine fuel. These issues include: safety assessment of NH3 fuel under guideline, safety assessment of NH3 bunkering, NH3 fuel specification, and NET CO2 emission at NH3 production. Moreover, this
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