Leading classification society ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) has opened a new exclusive survey office in Novorossiysk, Russia with operations beginning 1 January 2016.
Novorossiysk is a port city in southwest Russia facing the Black Sea. It is the country’s main port on the Black Sea and a leading Russian port for trade with Asia, the Middle East, the Mediterranean region, Africa and South America.
The Novorossiysk office joins an existing network of survey offices throughout the region including in Constanta (Romania) and Istanbul (Turkey). The strategic positioning of the Novorossiysk office will allow ClassNK to swiftly respond to the recent increase in clients’ needs across the Black Sea and dispatch surveyors without delay.