Tag: Lloyds Register

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) for a SDARI (Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute) designed 210,000 DWT Newcastlemax bulk carrier that is fitted with Anemoi Rotor Sails to improve efficiency and reduce environmental impact.

Lloydʼs Register (LR) informs that certain ship's tanks could be subjected to severe microbial attack, causing significant losses in plating thickness. 

Lloyd’s Register, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and MISC via its subsidiary, AET, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development and construction of two very large crude carriers which can be operated on zero-emission fuel.

Lloyd's Register issued Class News alert to inform that the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) of the People’s Republic of China announced a temporary process for carrying out investigations after an incident of machinery failure in Shanghai’s territorial waterway.

Mr. Mark Darley, Marine & Offshore Director, Lloyd’s Register, makes an assessment of 2021 and shares his message for the new year across the global maritime community.

The Castor Initiative, the global coalition that is committed to make zero emission shipping a reality, recently welcomed the Jurong Port as a new partner.

Lloyd’s Register has been accepted as the world’s first Renewable Energy Certification Body (RECB) for marine energy.

Lloyd’s Register launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Register, a standardised digital register of LR certified AI providers and solutions, a first of its kind for the maritime industry.

The importance of ocean health is starting to be taken seriously by key players, as panellists at Lloyd’s Register’s COP26 event noted.

It is known that nowdays cyber-attacks can cause electric blackouts, breaches of national security secrets or theft of valuable and sensitive information, which further affect critical infrastructure.