Kawasaki Obtains Type Approval for IACS UR E27 Unified Requirements for Cyber Resilience for its Voyage Management “SOPass On-board System”
Dec. 04, 2025
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Tokyo, December 4, 2025 - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that its SOPass On-board System (K24SP-US1) *1, the Ship Operation and Performance analysis support system, has obtained Type Approval for IACS UR E27*2 from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK).
The progression of digitization in the shipping field in recent years has been accompanied by increasing numbers of cyberattacks on on-board systems and equipment, making cybersecurity measures ever more important. The IACS UR E27 is a set of unified requirements for cyber resilience drawn up by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) for ships contracted for construction on or after July 1, 2024, with the objective of reducing the number of security incidents caused by cyberattacks and other threats on on-board systems and equipment and mitigating impacts on voyage performance.
Kawasaki intends to expand the successful acquisition of this Type Approval not only to its own ship-related products but also externally, striving to offer highly reliable products that meet the advanced cybersecurity requirements of more and more customers.
| *1 | SOPass On-board System is a system unique to Kawasaki that collects and analyzes data from on-board shipping equipment and sends the data on land. |
| *2 | IACS UR E27: Unified Requirements for Cyber Resilience of On-Board Systems and Equipment |
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