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Lloyd's Register issued its latest issue of Marine Technology Report

Lloyd's Register has published the latest issue of Horizons magazine which is packed with the latest news from the marine industry

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  One of the world’s largest and most powerful icebreakers, John G. Diefenbaker, is being built for the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) in Vancouver as part of the Canadian government’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS). The 150m long vessel will be constructed by Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards. Her design, which is a collaboration between the CCG, VARD Marine, Aker Arctic Technology and Imtech, is based on the requirements of Lloyd’s Register’s polar class 2 requirements – the second highest ice class according to the IACS polar class rules. The vessel is also one of the first to hold the class notation ‘Icebreaker(+)’, where ice strengthening requirements are additionally validated with an analysis of the vessel’s operational profile and potential ice-loading scenarios.  The John G. Diefenbaker, which was named after the former Canadian prime minister whose government founded the CCG in 1962, is designed for unrestricted autonomous operation in the Canadian Arctic and adjacent waters for nine months of the year with the capability of safely over-wintering in high Arctic waters. The vessel will be able to break 2.5m of snow-covered ice and will have an icebreaking endurance greater than 25 days. She has an open water range of 26,200 nautical miles ...

  Lloyd's Register Marine has released a new fuel management toolkit to help owners and operators better manage their fuel management procedures such as bunker quality and energy consumption. A major feature of the Toolkit is the ‘Knowledge Base’, with detailed information on maritime fuels, the risks associated with fuel quality and preventive measures that can be taken to avoid damage to components of fuel management systems on ships.  The Toolkit gives greater insight into the technical and commercial aspects of fuel management and is arranged in 6 sections: Quantity  To calculate the quantity of fuel bunkered, based on the advised delivery data for density and temperature along with measured volume.  Quality  This includes comparing marine fuel standard specifications, assessment of fuel quality parameters against specified limits and to calculate the expected fuel quality specification when different products are blended.  Operations  To calculate fuel ignition and combustion characteristics (Cetane Index & Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index), injection temperature and temperature/ density converters.  Energy  Net and Gross Specific Energy calculators as well as an estimated cost/ 100MJ calculator  Emissions  Emissions calculator for SOx and CO2  Knowledge Base  A fuel property glossary including definitions, effect on different parts of fuel system, indications and recommended actions for all basic fuel ...

  The ISO Technical Committee, ISO/TC 207/WG 5, which is responsible for the revision of international environment management system standard ISO 14001, concluded their meeting in Chiswick, UK on Friday 24 April and has made significant progress towards the publication of ISO 14001:2015. During the latest meeting, the review of remaining comments which were received from the Draft International Standard (DIS) stage was completed and based upon this, it is expected that the Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) will be published in June 2015 for the two month voting period to commence until August 2015. Based upon these timescales, it is currently expected that ISO 14001:2015 will be available in September 2015. LRQA System and Governance Manager, Steve Williams, is an IIOC (Independent International Organisation for Certification) representative on the committee and he explained why the outcome of last week’s meeting is so significant. “Based upon the volume of comments received at the DIS stage, we knew there was significant work ahead of us before we could prepare for the publication of the FDIS. Following five days of evaluation, all of the comments were reviewed and we can now drive the revision to ISO 14001 ahead of the previously anticipated ...

  GE Marine announced that its LM6000 aeroderivative marine gas turbine PC and PG models have received Lloyd’s Register’s Design Appraisal Document to the Marine Naval Vessel Rules (NVR). The LM6000 is the most fuel-efficient simple-cycle gas turbine in its size class, delivering over 40% thermal efficiency. The GE LM6000PC marine produces 42 megawatts (MW)/59,900 shaft horsepower (shp) and the more powerful PG model has an output of 52 MW/70,275 shp. “With the LM6000 Lloyd’s Register’s Design Appraisal to Naval Vessel Rules obtained, GE offers customers gas turbine-based propulsion solutions for a myriad of additional marine applications including military combatants,” said Brien Bolsinger, Vice President, Marine Operations, GE Marine. “The LM6000 already has a reliable track record in marine and industrial service logging more than 21 million operating hours. Over 1,110 PC models are used for land-based power generation, driving LNG compressors and on marine floating production storage and offloading ships, offshore platforms and power barges,” Bolsinger added. Both LM6000 models produce low emissions, can operate on a variety of fuels and offer customers reduced maintenance costs, increased availability and superior reliability. Source and Image Credit: GE MarineIn the beginning, I was explicit with you propecia before and after has ...

  With key dates looming - 2016 NOx compliance and a 2018 review of fuel availability ahead of a global cap for SOx emissions, LR’s new guidelines and updated technical information supports operators’ investment decisions. This new guidance addresses operational and in-service considerations reflecting further accumulated experience from working closely with clients, industry groups and regulators. As well as a focus on exhaust gas treatment (scrubbers) the guidance also examines the wider scope of options for SOx/NOx compliance beyond exhaust gas treatment.  Since an earlier version of this report was issued in 2012, early adopters of the technology, mainly passenger ship and ferry operators,  have committed to fleet-wide scrubber implementation programmes. Early adopters gain valuable operational experience as well as a head start in both understanding the technology and realising any benefits. In the majority of the tanker, bulk carrier and container segments the uptake of scrubber technology remains slow. With shorter periods inside Emission Control Areas (ECAs), lower fuel consumption (especially due to slow steaming) and typically lower asset residual values, the business case for installing scrubber technology on deep sea tank, bulk or container ships is not, yet, either strong enough or urgent enough. The bunker price collapse during ...

The approach to the design of all-weather lifeboats is set for a re-evaluation as part of a major study being led by Newcastle University