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ClassNK Announces PrimeManagement Seminars

ClassNK Releases New Rule Amendments

ClassNK, IHIMU, DU, and IBM Japan to Develop Software

Class NK Recognises Unithai Shipyard for Quality Repair Work

ClassNK holds MLC seminars

Survey and Certification for EEDI and SEEMP required by the Amendments to ANNEX VI of MARPOL 73/78

The first Specially Constructed Cargo Ship in accordance with the IMO's IMSBC Code The world's largest classification society ClassNK, announced that the world's first specialized vessel for the carriage of Nickel Ore has been built and registered to the NK class.The vessel, the Jules Garnier II, was built by Naikai Zosen Corporation and delivered to Japanese shipping major JX Shipping Co. Ltd on 19 September 2012, and is the first vessel in the world to be recognized as a Specially Constructed Cargo Ship for the carriage of Nickel Ore in accordance with the IMO's IMSBC Code.The announcement followed a monthly meeting of the Society's Classification Committee, which reviewed and officially certified the vessel's registration on 22 October 2012. Nickel Ore cargoes can liquefy during transport, drastically impairing the ship's stability and safety, and these cargoes have been cited as the cause of four vessel casualties and the loss of 66 seafarers in 2010-11. INTERCARGO has since named Nickel Ore "the world's most dangerous cargo" and efforts are underway at the IMO to strengthen the International Maritime Solid Bulk Code (IMSBC), which regulates the loading and transport of bulk cargoes such as Nickel Ore.The ISMBC code currently requires that the moisture ...

ClassNK Wins Lloyds List Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Award

ClassNK Donates Technical Library to International Maritime College of Oman

ClassNK Establishes its 100th Overseas Survey Office