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AMMONIA

AMMONIA

As the maritime industry pushes toward decarbonisation, ammonia is emerging as a promising alternative fuel. With its potential to significantly reduce CO₂ emissions—particularly when produced from renewable sources—ammonia offers a path toward…

16th April 2025

LR Decarb Hub’s guidance on crew safety with ammonia

16th April 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A joint development project focused on designing ammonia dual-fuel systems for Trafigura’s newbuild medium gas carriers (MGC) has successfully concluded, says Lloyd’s Register (LR).

31st March 2025

LR approves ammonia gas carrier design

31st March 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The global shipping industry may fall short of its net-zero and digital transformation targets without stronger regulatory support, warns Lloyd’s Register (LR) in a new report.

26th March 2025

Regulatory support needed for net zero, warns LR

26th March 2025

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

At Singapore Shipping Week, Lloyd’s Register (LR) is set to unveil its newly structured LR Advisory service, designed to help ship owners and operators navigate rising regulatory demands, decarbonisation costs and digitalisation…

24th March 2025

LR expands service offering

24th March 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Significant progress is being made in the maritime industry’s ability to retrofit ships for alternative fuels, says Lloyd’s Register, but a lack of incentives is impeding greater take-up.

6th March 2025

Alternative fuel retrofits face challenges

6th March 2025

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Naval engineering and design consultancy Houlder has been working with clients providing innovative maritime solutions to a range of issues from propulsion to offshore wind construction for many years. We spoke to…

27th February 2025

Houlder’s engineering mastery

27th February 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Capital Ship Management has successfully completed the world’s first tanker onshore power supply (OPS) compatibility assessment in collaboration with Lloyd’s Register (LR).

20th February 2025

Capital completes tanker onshore power assessment

20th February 2025

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded its first VC-L+ Descriptive Note for vessel connectivity to Neda Maritime’s very large car carrier, marking the first LR vessel to complete this verification.

10th February 2025

VLCC receives LR’s first VC-L+ Descriptive Note

10th February 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Efficiency measures must be applied to the existing fleet to meet IMO Mid-Term GHG reduction measures, says a new report from the Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre (MERC).

20th January 2025

MERC urges efficiency for GHG reduction

20th January 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Lloyd’s Register (LR), Korean Register (KR) and DNV have awarded approval in principle (AiP) to HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering for its new vacuum-insulated large-scale liquid hydrogen tank system.

15th January 2025

AiP for liquid hydrogen vacuum tank

15th January 2025

NEWS

NEWS

Indian shipbuilding group Chowgule & Co is collaborating with Lloyd’s Register (LR) to produce its inaugural ESG report and strategy, set for publication this month.

6th January 2025

Chowgule & Co partners with Lloyd’s Register for ESG strategy

6th January 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The maritime industry is rapidly evolving thanks to recent developments in technology, including decarbonisation and autonomous capabilities. These changes could completely transform the way the maritime sector operates, improving operational performance and…

20th December 2024

Navigating the stormy waters of autonomous systems in maritime

20th December 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) system for green ammonia production. The agreement…

15th November 2024

Lloyd’s Register and Samsung Heavy Industries partner on green ammonia FPSO

15th November 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A pioneering project exploring the technical feasibility of onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) for the maritime sector has concluded that the technology could play a significant role in reducing greenhouse gas…

10th October 2024

Project demonstrates potential of onboard carbon capture

10th October 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Lloyd’s Register has approved an innovative methane slip reduction system which uses plasma-catalytic technology.

1st July 2024

New methane slip system approved

1st July 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Cryo has supplied a liquid-hydrogen gas-fuel supply system to the world’s first H2-powered superyacht.

24th June 2024

MAN powers world’s first H2 superyacht

24th June 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Capital Gas Ship Management have secured approval in principle from Lloyd’s Register for the design of a 40,000cbm liquefied CO2 carrier.

10th June 2024

LR approves new LCO2 carrier

10th June 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Capital Gas, Erma First and Babcock are teaming up to install a carbon capture and storage system on board four new liquefied CO2 carriers.

10th June 2024

CCS systems for new LCO2 carriers

10th June 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) have signed a joint development project for the design of the world’s largest Very Large Ammonia Carrier (VLAC) with a carrying capacity of 100,000 cbm.

4th June 2024

Landmark large ammonia carrier project

4th June 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The design of an innovative feeder ship which can be converted from using LNG to ammonia has been granted approval in principle by Lloyd’s Register

22nd May 2024

Future-proof feeder ship approved by LR

22nd May 2024