On November 9 and 10, NYK held its annual Dry Bulk Safety Conference at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo. This conference has been held every year since 2010 to share safety awareness and review trouble responses for dry bulk vessels. This year, 118 participants from 38 Japanese shipowners and ship-management companies attended, together with representatives from RightShip* and the Japanese classification society ClassNK.

The conference included a review of past accidents and troubles and their responses, practical dry bulk fleet activities aimed at improving the living environment and motivation on board, and health management and disease countermeasures recommended by our industrial physician for seafarers in the NYK Group.

In addition, the 2023 NYK Dry Bulk Award was presented to eight vessels that had not been detained or given any deficiencies by Port State Control** and had not accumulated downtime over the past two years.

Representatives from RightShip explained its revised GHG Rating, a GHG-emissions assessment scheduled to begin in December 2023. ClassNK reviewed the new requirements for towing and mooring equipment included in the amendment of SOLAS Convention, which will become effective in January 2024. And participants engaged in a lively exchange of opinions and commented on the conference’s usefulness.

We will share our key dry bulk safety activities with our partners and strive for safer operation.

On March 10, 2023, the NYK Group released its medium-term management plan “Sail Green, Drive Transformations 2026 — A Passion for Planetary Wellbeing. ” The NYK Group is promoting growth strategies with ESG at the core, based on the Group’s mission statement of “Bringing value to life” and a new corporate vision for 2030, which reads, “we go beyond the scope of a comprehensive global logistics enterprise to co-create value required for the future by advancing our core business and growing new ones.”

* Established in 2001, RightShip is the world’s leading ESG-focused digital maritime platform, providing expertise in global safety, sustainability, and social responsibility practices. Founded with the mission to drive operational improvements in the global shipping industry, more than 800 customers use RightShip’s due diligence, environmental, and inspection services to help them manage risk and improve overall maritime safety standards.
www.rightship.com

** Port State Control
An on-site inspection of foreign vessels calling at a port.
Reference source (as of November XX, 2023): Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website, "What is PSC?
URL: https://www.mlit.go.jp/maritime/maritime_tk1_000032.html (Japanese)