Tag: Lloyds Register

Lloyd's Register has issued a report entitled "Seaborne ethane and demand for a new ship type: Very large ethane carriers

Lloyd's Register Consulting is now registered as an accredited test laboratory for performing both laboratory and field noise and vibration measurements

Lloyd's Register issued new Energy Guidance Notes at ONS 2014, to assist designers, owners and operators of oil and gas equipment

LR launches new rules for offshore units

MARPOL Annex VI certification of an Approved Method for MAN B&W L50MC engines

LR Statutory Alert Lloyd's Register has issued Statutory Alert regarding the wew SOLAS requirements for enclosed space entry and rescue drills, and draft requirements for portable atmosphere testing.Because of the serious threat posed to people working in enclosed spaces on board ships, the IMO has introduced new requirements to SOLAS Chapter III, regulation 19, which enter into force on 1 January, 2015. From this date, crew members will be required to participate in an enclosed space entry and rescue drill on board the ship at least once every two months.The IMO is also finalising mandatory requirements for portable atmosphere testing instruments to be carried on board ships. These are expected to be adopted in November 2014 for entry into force on 1 July, 2016, as SOLAS regulation XI-1/7. These portable testing instruments will not be used as part of personal protective safety equipment but as part of the ship's equipment. They will be used to test enclosed spaces from the outside to make sure they are safe to enter and will cover, as a minimum, the following gases: oxygen, flammable gasses or vapours, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulphide.The IMO will be issuing an associated circular providing guidance on selecting portable ...

A new LNG-fuelled LR Classed ferry was launched at the Fincantieri shipyard in Naples last month

Bernard Twomey and Jonathan Earthy of Lloyd's Register Marine addressed the London Joint Hull Committee on the risks associated with marine technology

Lloyd's Register has issued Statutory Alert to inform that recent analysis of PSC deficiencies has revealed several detentions due to incorrect use of charts

BC Ferries has awarded Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. contracts totalling $165 million to build three new Intermediate Class' ferries. Lloyd's Register (LR) will class the ferries