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NYK introduces new ship-bridge concept to reduce casualties

Japanese shipping company NYK has completed a new concept for a ship’s bridge and employed it on a large container ship. The new bridge concept, is named ‘Integrated information and bridge system’, and the space and nautical instruments on this new bridge have been designed to take advantage of IoT aspects of instruments and to improve the safety and efficiency of vessel operation.

The move comes as a result from the company’s cooperation with navigation equipment makers and shipbuilders since...

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KNOT Concludes Time-Charter Contract For Two Shuttle Tankers With Equinor

KNOT shuttle tankers

NYK Group company Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (KNOT), of which NYK has a 50 percent share, has concluded a time-charter contract for two shuttle tankers with Equinor ASA for a maximum 20-year period starting in the second quarter of 2020.

Representation Image – Credits: Knutsen OAS shipping

The contract aims to use two 152,000 DWT Suezmax tankers equipped with dynamic-positioning systems built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. to shuttle crude oil produced in waters off Brazil. Upon...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/knot-concludes-time-charter-contract-for-two-shuttle-tankers-with-equinor/

NYK Introduces Next-Gen Ship’s Bridge To Improve Navigation And Reduce Marine Accidents

Next-Gen Ship’s Bridge

NYK has completed a new concept for a ship’s bridge and employed it on a large containership currently being managed by the NYK Group. The new bridge concept has been given the name “Integrated information and bridge system,” and the space and nautical instruments on this new bridge have been optimally, ergonomically arranged and designed to take advantage of IoT aspects of instruments and to improve the safety and efficiency of vessel operation.

Image Credits: www.nyk.com

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