The accident involving the MSC Napoli was a serious one that has consequences for and possible detrimental effects on the reputation of the container ship industry.

The major structural failure of a container ship is a very rare event which has only happened a few times in the 50-year history of this ship type.
However, when a ship of that size breaks in half at sea, in rough weather, then something is fundamentally wrong. This should not happen.

We therefore made all our best resources available in an outright effort to discover the cause of the accident and fully understand why it happened. State-of-the-art technology has been put to work. All DNV’s container ships in service have been screened to reveal if other ships are at risk. We had to make sure that all the appropriate steps had been taken in an effort to avoid this happening again.
We have left no stone unturned in our endeavours to prevent this from happening again. Our most senior technical officer has been in charge of the investigation and we have cooperated closely with the MAIB. Information has been shared with other IACS class societies too. Fortunately, there are not many ships in service at similar risk as the MSC Napoli.