Nick Brown

Maersk joins nuclear powered containership study

Maersk is keeping all its green propulsion open, including green methanol, bio-LNG and, maybe at some future date, nuclear. It has signed a joint develop project agreement that sees it join Lloyd’s Register (LR) and nuclear marine propulsion specialist Core Power in launching a joint regulatory assessment study. The study will conduct research on the regulatory feasibility and frameworks that would need to be established for a nuclear powered containership using a fourth-generation reactor to...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/maersk-joins-nuclear-powered-containership-study/

New guidelines on SMS compliance and alternative fuels

The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) has released guidelines that make recommendations for developing and implementing the Safety Management System (SMS) under IMO’s International Safety Management (ISM) Code. They address SMS requirements when operating ships on potentially more hazardous alternative fuels.

The MTF brings together a group of leading flag administrations and class societies and this new report follows MTF’s publication last year of “Operational Management to Accelerate Maritime...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/new-guidelines-on-sms-compliance-and-alternative-fuels/

Ο Lloyd’s Register και 5 κολοσσοί της ελληνικής ναυτιλίας ιδρύουν το Ναυτιλιακό Κέντρο Μείωσης Εκπομπών Αέριων Ρύπων (pic)

Στην πρωτοβουλία αυτή συμμετέχουν η Capital Group, η Navios Maritime Partners, η Neda Maritime Agency, η Star Βulk και η Thenamaris

https://www.newmoney.gr/roh/palmos-oikonomias/nautilia/o-lloyds-register-ke-5-kolossi-tis-ellinikis-naftilias-idrioun-to-naftiliako-kentro-miosis-ekpompon-aerion-ripon-pic/

Erma First carbon capture and storage system gains LR AiP

Perama, Greece, headquartered Erma First, well known for its ballast water management solutions, is adding shipboard carbon capture and storage (CCS) to its offerings. Today, its amine absorption-based CCS solution was awarded a Lloyd’s Register (LR) Approval in Principle (AiP) in a ceremony at the Maritime Cyprus event.

The Erma First carbon capure and storage system uses absorption technology to mix flue gas CO2 with a proprietary amine solvent, which is then heated to produce a chemical...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/erma-first-carbon-capture-and-storage-system-gains-lr-aip/

WinGD wins LR approval in principle for ammonia-fueled two-stroke engines

As the race to be first to market with future-fueled engines picks up pace, Lloyd’s Register has granted Winterthur, Switzerland, headquartered engine designer WinGD the first ever approval in principle (AiP) for its ammonia-fueled two­­‑stroke engines. The AiP was awarded for WinGD’s X-DF-A dual-fuel range and gives shipowners the assurances they need to realize vessel designs using ammonia-fueled main engines.

WinGD says that its ammonia-fueled two-stroke engine series research has been...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/engines-fuel/wingd-wins-lr-approval-in-principle-for-ammonia-fueled-two-stroke-engines/

Lloyd’s Register acquires voyage solutions provider

In another move to expand its digital fleet management and optimization capability, Lloyd’s Register (LR) is to acquired OneOcean, a leading supplier of voyage compliance, safety and environmental solutions, from private equity firm Equistone Partners Europe.

LR says the pedigree of OneOcean will expand and considerably complement its existing digital solutions, which include fleet management (Hanseaticsoft) and vessel performance and optimization (i4Insight, C-MAP Commercial and Greensteam)...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/lloyds-register-acquires-voyage-solutions-provider/

Lloyd’s Register Group Chief Executive Officer, Alastair Marsh, announces decision to step down by end of 2020

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Lloyd’s Register Group Chief Executive Officer, Alastair Marsh*, announces decision to step down by end of 2020

Board names Nick Brown**, Marine & Offshore Director, as successor

The Board of Lloyds’s Register Group (LR) announced today that, after a 14-year career with LR and over five years as Group Chief Executive Officer, Alastair Marsh, has decided to step down from his role and retire from the Lloyd’s Register Group Board on 31 December 2020, with a view to taking on...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/08/24/lloyds-register-group-chief-executive-officer-alastair-marsh-announces-decision-to-step-down-by-end-of-2020/