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20.05.12
The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) and Thomas Gunn Navigation Services have both made donations of their respective technologies to worthwhile causes during the Christmas period.
KR has donated 150 copies of its KR-CON software application to the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden.
KR-CON is a database application that contains the full texts of all IMO Conventions, Codes, Resolutions and Circulars, contained in a single USB device, that can assist in applying the various rules and regulations correctly.
In addition to donating the KR-CON system to the university KR says it will also provide updated versions each year.
KR-CON is one of KRs greatest software and R&D achievements, said Oh Kong-Gyun, KRs chairman and CEO.
Using state-of-the-art technology, we have been able to archive the vast repository of IMO-generated material and deliver it in a user-friendly and intelligent format to a range of shipyards, shipping companies, flag
Source: Digital Ship