Classification Society ClassNK granted the Approval in Principle (AiP) for the world’s first concept design of the methane oxidation catalyst system jointly developed by Hitachi Zosen Corporation Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Yanmar Power Technology Co. (YPT).
NYK and its group companies MTI Co., Ltd. and Japan Maritime Science Inc. have received approval in principle (AiP) for a fully autonomous ship framework that is currently being developed under the name of “APExS-auto.” ClassNK and Bureau Veritas, classification societies based respectively in Japan and France, reviewed the safety of the framework and certified .