On August 17, NYK received ISO9001:2015¹ certification, the international standard for quality management systems,² from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for NYK’s activities to promote the safe operation of its crew transfer vessel, or CTV,³ for use in the offshore wind industry.

In addition to the safety management system set up by the ship-management company, NYK will implement NAV9000⁴ activities that promote safe navigation based on NYK’s own safety standard, NAV9000, which has been certified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to achieve an even higher level of quality control and safer navigation.

NYK regularly conducts NAV9000 activities on NYK Group–operated vessels (including chartered vessels) and their ship-management companies to confirm that high quality is maintained and appropriate operational management is in place. The NAV9000 activities had already obtained the same certification in 2006, but an application for additional certification was submitted to include domestic vessels, including the CTV, in the scope of the application. (See: https://www.nyk.com/english/esg/social/nav9000/)

The NYK Group will continue to ensure that the ships, shipowners, and ship-management companies work together to maintain an excellent safety management system to support safe ship-operations and high-quality maintenance.

¹ ISO9001:2015
International standards for quality management systems issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Various standards exist, such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, with ISO 9001 being the standard for the management of organizations.

² Quality Management System
A set of systems that establish processes in an organization to achieve quality objectives

³ Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV)
A vessel used to transport technicians safely and comfortably to and from sites during offshore wind power construction and maintenance. The vessel is built for high-speed operation and comes equipped with stability equipment that allows crews to safely transfer to and from offshore wind farms.

⁴ NAV9000
NYK's own safety standards that include approximately 1,500 items that the company has compiled to fulfill customer requirements and prevent the recurrence of accidents. (See: https://www.nyk.com/english/esg/social/nav9000/)

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.”