Dr. Ruth Boumphrey has been named CEO of Lloyd’s Register Foundation, an independent global charity that owns the Lloyd’s Register Group. She is currently the foundation’s director of research and strategic programs
Eastern Shipbuilding Group is busy with the construction of the trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. Weeks (ESG Hull 258). The dredge is a sister ship to the Magdalen (ESG 256), delivered to
As Russian aggression in Ukraine continues, more organizations are continuing to cease providing services to Russian-controlled entities. Today, classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) said it is disengaging from provision of all services
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded its Approval in Principle (AiP) to Norwegian ship owner Egil Ulvan Rederi AS for its zero-emission self-discharging hydrogen-fueled bulk carrier, With Orca. As we have reported earlier,
Anthony Hamilton has been appointed as the new technical director at Thordon Bearings. Reporting directly to CEO Anna Galoni, he will lead the Burlington, Ontario, headquartered company’s engineering, CAD, and new product
Lloyd Register’s (LR) global sustainability manager, Katharine Palmer has been appointed as the United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC) High-Level Climate Champions’ (HLCC) Shipping Lead to support the shipping industry’s drive to decarbonization.
Recently delivered to Kuwait Oil Company by Uzmar Shipyard, the 60-meter RAmpage 6000-ZM vessel Koc Al Zour, is the largest Robert Allan Ltd. design ever built in Turkey. She is designed and
Rotterdam-headquartered Future Proof Shipping B.V. (FPS), which is retrofit the 110 meter by 11.45 meter inland container vessel Maas to a zero-emissions hydrogen propulsion system, has cleared a regulatory hurdle. The Central
Antwerp, Belgium, headquartered Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) reports that it is in a Joint Development Program (JDP) with the largest shipbuilder in the world, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and
An active ballast control system designed to improve the stability of floating offshore wind platforms has gained Lloyd’s Register (LR) Approval in Principle. The system has been developed by Madrid, Spain, headquartered
