The wreck of the OBO carrier Derbyshire has raised concerns regarding the safety of ships of all types. At present, some leading Japanese shipbuilders are exerting extra effort to prevent the occurrence of such incident in the near future. Nine organizations, including ClassNK, are participating in Japan's Ship and Shipping CALS project, which plans to link, through the Internet, various
... [Show full abstract] organizations for exchange of shipbuilding data.