LR: Time to apply for BWMS extension is now
JULY 13, 2015 — In a Statutory Alert issued today, Classification society Lloyd’s Register says that the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has advised that vessels with less than 12 months to comply
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Alastair Marsh to be LR’s next CEO
MAY 21, 2015 — Lloyd’s Register CFO Alastair Marsh is to become its next CEO, succeeding Richard Sadler who has decided to step down after eight years in the role. Mr. Sadler
The quest for remote gas pushes FLNG innovation
MAY 19, 2015—By the end of this year, the world’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) vessel will go to work in Malaysia’s gas field, some 180 kilometers off of the coast
New tanker designs with less ballast offer more savings
APRIL 20, 2015 — After developing a minimum ballast VLCC, a joint industry project involving Lloyd’s Register and China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry China (DSIC) and Dalian Ocean Shipping Co. has continued to
Lloyd’s Register to class BC Ferries’ gas-fueled ferries
JULY 16, 2014—Lloyd’s Register has been selected by BC Ferries to class its new Intermediate Class LNG-fueled ferries. Earlier this month, BC Ferries awarded a contract worth about $165 million to Remontowa
Lloyd’s Register to class unique eco-friendly ferry
JULY 2, 2014—Lloyd’s Register will class a new eco-friendly double-ended Dutch ferry that will most burn Compress Natural Gas as fuel and incorporate solar panels. To be called the Texelstroom, the 1,750-passenger,
Multipurpose tug fitted with Fluidmecanica equipment
JUNE 9, 2014—Spain’s Fluidmecanica reports it supplied a towing equipment package for the 60-ton bollard pull multipurpose tug Kwanza built by Francisco Cardama S.A. shipyard, Vigo, Spain, for the Maritime and Port
HFO set to remain dominant marine fuel
MARCH 13, 2014 — Research from Lloyd’s Register and University College London’s Energy Institute on the future energy mix in shipping indicates that, by 2030, in all scenarios heavy fuel oil remains
Dynagas takes delivery of ice-class LNG tankers
JULY 26, 2013 — Dynagas, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping arm of Greece’s George Prokopiou shipping enterprises, has today taken delivery of Arctic Aurora, the second of two ice-class membrane LNG