The Japanese government has officially approved the issuance of electronic certificates, ClassNK informed on its website.
E-Certificate can be issued to Japanese-flagged vessels and DOC (Document of Compliance) can also be issued to companies managing Japanese-flag vessels as e-Certificate.
Therefore, ClassNK announced that certificates and DOC will be e-Certificates on/after February 13th, 2023.
Neither application nor registration is required to use ClassNK e-Certificate service.
For more details, see ClassNK Technical Information TEC-1286 HERE.
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