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

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)

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