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the fleet in ClassNK class has exceeded the threshold of 230 million tons of tonnage
Agreement of collaboration with the center of formation and search Maritime United States Resource Center
December 16, 2014
The fleet classified from the ClassNK Japanese has exceeded for the first time the quota 230 million tons of tonnage having been at the end last month the 8,826 ships in class for a total of 231,34 million tsl. At the end of the 2013 fleet in ClassNK class it had a consistency pairs to about 220,9 million tons. The Japanese company has emphasized that beyond a third party of the increase of the classified fleet it is determined by the transfer of ships, in particular those of European shipowners, previously classified from other societies.
While the society of classification and Japanese certification has signed a memorandum of understanding with the center of formation and search Maritime United States Resource Center (USMRC). "Our objective - the executive vice president of ClassNK has explained, Koichi Fujiwara - is to not only contribute to safety of the ships from a technological point of view, but also from that of the human factor. The characterized necessity of marine that they have informality with the most recent naval technology is essential for sustainable development of the industry of the shipping. USMRC not only possesses the specialist knowledge in order to face these thematic ones, but it has also a remarkable experience in the marine formation".
Initially the collaboration between ClassNK and USMRC will be centralized on the practical formation relatively to the activity of bunkeraggio with the liquified natural gas, so as to prepare marine and the earth staff to manage in sure way which combustible the which liquified natural gas to marine use.
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