Classification Societies

LR agrees Rule changes in support of new technology, marine safety and environmental protection

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Monday, 08 November 2010 13:40

The Technical Committee addressed the challenges of goal and performance based standards; it heard that Lloyd's Register is ready to reintroduce rules for nuclear propulsion and

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New checklist to help reduce Port State Control detentions

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Wednesday, 03 November 2010 13:43

Lloyd’s Register and the UK P&I Club have produced a convenient and reusable pocket guide to help ship operators and their crews remain in compliance with ISPS and ISM regulations

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LR reveals Thomas Thune Andersen is Chairman-elect

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Friday, 22 October 2010 08:24

Lloyd’s Register’s Board of Trustees has selected Thomas Thune Andersen as the Chairman-elect of the Lloyd’s Register Group, the leading provider of independent assurance and

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Gas-fuelled ships conference attracted large audience

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Friday, 22 October 2010 08:04

The topic of using gas as a ship fuel attracted a large audience in Hamburg this week, underlining that the maritime industry perceives this technology as one of the most promising

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LR issues guidance on ballast-water systems

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Monday, 11 October 2010 08:43

Lloyd's Register has issued new guidance notes to help ship-owners and operators who are preparing to install ballast-water treatment systems on their ships.

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Safer shipping of dangerous goods with new tool "GL Cargo"

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Thursday, 30 September 2010 13:17

New chemicals and other dangerous goods bring new challenges for their safe shipment by sea. This is reflected by a new amendment to SOLAS II-2/19 "Carriage of Dangerous Goods",

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DNV verifies energy efficiency of newbuildings

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Thursday, 23 September 2010 11:50

The Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) is a new technical measure intended to ensure a certain level of efficiency and decreased carbon emissions of newbuildings.

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Thome first out on competence management

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Wednesday, 22 September 2010 09:35

Thome Ship Management has become the first third party ship manager in the world to receive full accreditation by DNV SeaSkill for their competence management system.

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Differing legal judgements could influence class selection

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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 13:30

A complex range of differing legal judgments in recent years has led to greater discrimination on the part of plaintiffs in identifying the most favourable regime for actions involving

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Owners looking at flag price rather than cost

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Friday, 17 September 2010 12:26

Too many shipowners look at price rather than cost when choosing a ship registry, and explore a variety of ways to circumvent international regulations, according to Scott Bergeron,

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GL releases market study for fuel cell systems on seagoing vessels

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Friday, 10 September 2010 11:43

The installed auxiliary power onboard of seagoing vessel has a market potential of approximately 160 GW worldwide and can, in principle, substituted by fuel cells

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World’s first LNG-fuelled coaster to be classed to DNV

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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 13:08

NSK Shipping AS, a coastal vessel operator based in northern Norway, has recently placed an order for a state-of-the-art LNG-fuelled multi purpose vessel at the Turkish shipyard, Tersan.

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DNV and Patjens cooperate on first LNG fuelled container ship

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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 13:01

Together with DNV and other partners, DNV customer Reederei Stefan Patjens is ready to retrofit LNG on board a 5,000 TEU container vessel. When completed,

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Growth Continuous: Bulk Carrier "E.R. Bayern" is 7,000th ship with GL Class

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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 08:58

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has reached another milestone in its continuous growth strategy. 7,000 vessels with 90 million gross tonnages (GT) are currently under the regular technical supervision of GL.

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New Recommended Practise for US BOP compliance

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Monday, 06 September 2010 11:54

In order to support the oil and gas industry in complying with the US Department of Interior’s new regulations for immediate re-certification of subsea BOP (blow-out preventer) stacks,

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Greek Flag accepts GL's Extended Dry Docking Programme

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Saturday, 14 August 2010 09:13

The Greek Ministry has accepted Germanischer Lloyd's (GL) extended dry docking (EDD) programme. GL offers owners and operators the chance to extend the dry-docking period from

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Cooperation between Nemko and DNV

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Saturday, 14 August 2010 09:06

In addition, opportunities for closer cooperation in certain geographical areas will be discussed. Both these Norwegian companies are organised as foundations and offer global services

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Greek flag accepts GL's extended dry docking programme

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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 09:35

The Greek Ministry has accepted Germanisher Lloyd's (GL) extended dry docking (EDD) programme. GL offers owners and operators the chance to extend the dry-docking period from five

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ClassNK expands presence in UK

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Thursday, 15 July 2010 09:28

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has announced the opening of a new exclusive surveyor office in Cardiff, UK. It becomes the fourth new office to be opened by the Society this year, following

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GL issues the first EEDI certificate

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Friday, 02 July 2010 12:00

The first-ever Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) certification for a large container vessel owned and operated by Hapag-Lloyd has been conducted by Germanischer Lloyd (GL).

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‘Clean Shipping Index’ verification service offered by Lloyd’s Register

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Monday, 28 June 2010 08:27

Lloyd’s Register is now offering a verification service to shipowners and operators wishing to demonstrate their success in reducing the environmental impact of their activities beyond

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