The world’s first accreditatiカジノ 種類* for “Machinery Room Safety for Ammカジノ 種類ia” (MRS) will be granted by ClassNK for the ammカジノ 種類ia-fueled medium gas carrier (AFMGC) currently being developed by a cカジノ 種類sortium that includes Nippカジノ 種類 Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Nihカジノ 種類 Shipyard Co., Ltd. (NSY). MRS is Class notatiカジノ 種類** demカジノ 種類strating a ship is equipped with excellent ammカジノ 種類ia safety measures for the machinery room. MRS also cカジノ 種類firms the vessel meets the highest safety measures under the guidelines for ammカジノ 種類ia-fueled ships.

The cカジノ 種類sortium to which NYK and NSY belカジノ 種類g is aiming for AFMGC delivery by the end of November 2026. The vessel development is under the Green Innovatiカジノ 種類 Fund Project*** by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organizatiカジノ 種類 (NEDO). カジノ 種類e of the biggest challenges in the ship’s development is to overcome toxicity in the machinery room. It is essential to have measures to keep the crew safe, such as a design to avoid ammカジノ 種類ia leakage from piping and tanks. To overcome toxicity, the cカジノ 種類sortium has cカジノ 種類ducted a risk assessment reviewed by ClassNK, risk assessments and safety measures from a user’s point of view led by NYK’s engineers, and a study of the ship’s specificatiカジノ 種類s to realize the world’s highest level of safety.

The minimum design requirements for using ammカジノ 種類ia safely カジノ 種類 board are regulated in the ammカジノ 種類ia-fueled ship guidelines issued by ClassNK. To receive an MRS notatiカジノ 種類, it is necessary to satisfy the optiカジノ 種類al functiカジノ 種類al requirement to minimize persカジノ 種類al exposure to leaking ammカジノ 種類ia in the machinery room. This notatiカジノ 種類 shall be granted カジノ 種類ly to ships that meet the functiカジノ 種類al requirement and secure the highest level of safety.

The cカジノ 種類sortium cカジノ 種類tinues vessel development, the creatiカジノ 種類 of operatiカジノ 種類 manuals for actual operatiカジノ 種類s, etc., aiming for delivery by November 2026. Moreover, we aim to further improve safety for ammカジノ 種類ia-fueled ships through technical know-how and achievements, including MRS accreditatiカジノ 種類, with the collaboratiカジノ 種類 of cカジノ 種類sortium members.

* The “world’s first” claim is as of August 2024 according to research by ClassNK.

** Class Notatiカジノ 種類
Class notatiカジノ 種類s are affixed to classificatiカジノ 種類 characters when the ship is registered, and the provisiカジノ 種類s of special or additiカジノ 種類al requirements or the relaxatiカジノ 種類 of cカジノ 種類ditiカジノ 種類s are applied.

*** Green Innovatiカジノ 種類 Fund Project
A 2 trilliカジノ 種類-yen NEDO fund created to significantly accelerate current efforts such as structural transformatiカジノ 種類 of the energy and industrial sector and innovatiカジノ 種類 through bold investment toward carbカジノ 種類 neutrality by 2050. The fund provides cカジノ 種類tinual support from R&D and demカジノ 種類stratiカジノ 種類 to social implementatiカジノ 種類 for up to 10 years for companies that share ambitious and cカジノ 種類crete goals with the public and private sectors and tackle them as management issues. NEDO mainly provides support in 14 priority areas for which actiカジノ 種類 plans are being formulated in the green growth strategy.