(Technological Developments)


    The technological developments for vessels were promoted in such areas as efficiency grade-up and labor saving by means of specialization, capacity enlargement, and speed upgrading, etc., rationalization of transport operation by automation, etc., and stable procurement and effective utilization of resources, as well as the technological developments for securing safety and anti-pollution, of which major items are shown below.
(1)   Research and development of vessels to transport northern resources.
(2)   Research on mammoth tankers.
(3)   Development of ultra high-speed mammoth container ships.
(4)   Technological developments for the use of navigation satellites.
(5)   Anti-erosion and anti-sptic measures for the ship.
(6)   Anti-pollution technologies.
(7)   Technological developments for energy saving.



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