China Classification Society announced the appointment of Sun Feng as the new president, taking over from Mo Jianhui who has retired.

Japan’s classification society ClassNK has added the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) to its register.

Despite ten years of steadily improving casualty statistics, a joint study by DNV and Lloyd’s List Intelligence identifies new fuels and digital technologies as new risks that need to be addressed.

ABS has classed Saudi tanker owner Bahri’s first LNG-ready VLCC.

Classification society DNV has urged shipping to throw its weight behind the ICS bunker fuel levy proposal for R&D fund to accelerate the transition of the shipping industry towards a zero carbon future.

An autonomous harbour tug developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) is the first in the world to receive ABS’ remote control navigation notation.

The Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), and Classification Society DNV, have awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering CO. (KSOE) for a new 40,000...

In another sign that container shipping is reaching the insane freight and charter rate levels of dry bulk shipping supercycle in 2008 the new business opportunity is carrying containers on bulk carriers.

Abu Dhabi-based self-elevating support vessel (SESV) operator, Gulf Marine Services, has hired Lloyd’s Register (LR) to install a new cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system developed by Hanseaticsoft.