Quality Monitoring Instruments (QMI), manufacturer of premium engine & atmospheric oil mist detection systems, has received Type Approval certification from classification society Lloyd’s Register for its engine oil mist detection…
Changing of the guard follows 71st meeting of IACS Council (Houston) Christopher J. Wiernicki, the Chairman, President and CEO of ABS, a leading provider of maritime shipping and offshore classification services,…
The International Association of Classifications Societies (IACS) has received the final report issued in Japan by the Committee on Large Container Ship Safety (CLCSS), which concludes that the “MOL COMFORT”…
IACS kicked off European Shipping Week at a joint workshop in Brussels with the European Commission represented by speakers from the Transport, the Environment and the Climate Action departments. The…
Korean Register (KR) – an IACS member classification society – announces that it has been fully authorized by the Marine Safety and Security Division of Transport Canada to perform “statutory…
Tokyo – Leading classification society ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) has announced the release of Ver. 2.0.0 of its PrimeShip-HULL(HCSR) ship design support software. The new version is the world’s…
The International Association of Classification Societies chaired by Philippe Donche-Gay of BV held its December Council meeting yesterday in London. The flagship Common Structural Rules project for Bulk Carriers and…
The annual Tripartite meeting between shipowners, shipbuilders and classification societies was held in Shanghai on 30 and 31 October 2014. The meeting was attended by high level representatives of the…
Korean Register (KR) – an IACS member classification society – announces that it has been authorized as a “recognized organization” of the Latvian government to deliver statutory services. KR is…
IMO audit teams will shortly be established to verify construction rules for bulk carriers and oil tankers of classification societies which act as recognized organizations (ROs), following the receipt of…
IACS Chairman, Mr Cazzulo, speaking at the IMO WORLD MARITIME DAY SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABLE MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, noted that IMO had recently supported in principle an IACS proposal for establishing…
Tokyo – Leading classification society ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) has announced the release of the latest versions of IACS Common Structural Rules (CSR) structural assessment software. The following…
29 July 2013 – The Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) with the purpose…
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu met mid-last week* with the new Chairman of IACS, Mr. Roberto Cazzulo, Chairman of RINA Services. Mr. Sekimizu congratulated Mr. Cazzulo on his appointment and expressed…
International classification society RINA has committed major resources to support IACS (International Association of Classification Societies) during its year of chairmanship. Roberto Cazzulo, Chairman of RINA Services SpA, was elected…