Ballast-free shipping comes a step closer
DECEMBER 7, 2017 — Lloyd’s Register has given approval in principle (AiP) to a ballast-free 30,000 cu.m LNG carrier design. Called the B-FREE, the design has been developed by LNG containment system
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LR launches speedier path to Type Approval
DECEMBER 1, 2017 — Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) used this week’s International Workboat Show in New Orleans to launch a new way for clients in the Americas to access LR Type
Lloyd’s Register signs MOU with Israeli cyber defense specialist
NOVEMBER 14, 2017 — Israel-based cyber security specialist Naval Dome has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) aimed at establishing standards and guidelines for maritime cyber
LNG bunkering vessel system wins LR Approval in Principle
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 — Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) approval in principle (AiP) for a cargo handling system design for a 6,600 cu.m
LR launches type approval system for cyber enabled components
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 — Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) is releasing its “Type Approval Requirements for components within Cyber Enabled Systems on board Ships – Procedure for Network and Network-related devices.” LR
Project plans to build world’s largest sailing cargo ship
AUGUST 16, 2017 — Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has joined the Quadriga sustainable shipping project, which aims to build the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: a 170m car carrier capable of
Evoqua SeaCURE BWMS completes U.S. Type Approval testing
AUGUST 14, 2017 — Evoqua Water Technologies, Warrendale, PA, reports that its SeaCURE Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has completed all biological efficacy U.S. Coast Guard Type Approval tests. The company now anticipates
LR launches code for unmanned marine systems
JUNE 13, 2017 — Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) today launched the LR Unmanned Marine Systems Code, a goal-based code that takes a structured approach to the assessment of unmanned marine systems
Natural gas operating fleet concept gets LR AiP
APRIL 13, 2016 — Wärtsilä and COSCO shipping Heavy Industry Co (CHI) have jointly developed a natural gas operating fleet concept that has now obtained a Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Approval in Principle
Lloyd’s Register to class 67 German government ships
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 – A German federal agency is transferring 67 ships into Lloyd’s Register (LR) class. The WSV (Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration) represented by the Waterways and Shipping Agency (WSA)