ClassNK has registered its first German-flagged vessel and received wider authorisation from the German flag to vet its ships.

Software house NAPA, which was recently bought by ClassNK, is flourishing under its new ownership and believes the market is now ready for its technology.

ClassNK is investigating the designs of containerships from around the world as it tries to find the cause as to why the MOL Comfort split in two in the Indian Ocean last June.

Competition for German shipowners between classification societies ClassNK and DNV GL continues to hot up, with the Japanese class claiming good gains.

ClassNK has acquired Napa for EUR53m ($73m), it announced today.

The world's two largest class societies by gross tonnage have revealed their 2013 new registration figures with the newly merged DNV GL outdoing rival ClassNK.

ClassNK has released the first ship design software to be compliant with the new IACS Harmonised Common Structural Rules (CSR) for oil tankers and bulk carriers.

ClassNK has announced that its chairman and president, Noboru Ueda, has become chairman of the Association of Asian Classification Societies (ACS).

Classification society ClassNK has received authorisation from the Finnish Transport Safety Agency to carry out surveys for Finnish flagged vessels.

A Japan government committee investigating the cause of the MOL Comfort splitting in two has recommended temporary safety actions for ships of 8,000 teu or greater in capacity.