PRODIGY CLEAN ENERGY AND LLOYD’S REGISTER TEAM UP ON TRANSPORTABLE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WITH...
Today at CERAWeek, Prodigy Clean Energy and Lloyd’s Register (LR) announced a collaboration to complete the development of lifecycle requirements for Prodigy’s Transportable Nuclear Power Plants (TNPPs) to drive deployment in Canada by 2030.
Partially...
ITALY COULD INSTALL 1 GW OF OFFSHORE SOLAR IN NEXT FIVE YEARS, REPORT SAYS...
Italy could install up to 1 GW of offshore solar capacity in the next five years, enough to supply electricity to around half a million households annually, according to estimates of a new position...
ALLSEAS’ NEWBUILD HEAVY TRANSPORT VESSEL TO SPORT WÄRTSILÄ’S ‘FUTURE-PROOF’ ENGINES
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been hired to equip a new purpose-built semi-submersible heavy transport vessel (HTV), which will expand the fleet of Switzerland-based offshore contractor Allseas Group upon completion, with engines, featuring readiness...
MSC CONTAINERSHIP HITS INDIAN FISHING BOAT
India’s fishing community is again complaining about merchant ships sailing too close to the coast and hitting the commercial fishing vessels working off Kerala on the Arabian Sea. In the latest instance, a smaller...
NGO SHIPBREAKING PLATFORM REPORTS ON 2025 AND CALLS FOR MORE REGULATION
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform compiled a report on the ships sold for dismantling in 2025 while calling for continued efforts to improve the industry’s adherence to safety and environmental regulations. The group highlights that...
QATARENERGY: MISSILE ATTACKS SPUR $20 BILLION LOSS WITH DROP IN LNG EXPORTS
Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas giant QatarEnergy has confirmed a curtailment in its liquefied natural gas (LNG) capacity in the aftermath of recent missile strikes at its LNG facilities.
Following the U.S. and Israel’s launch...
NORTHSTANDARD, CORE POWER AND LR CALL FOR UK ACTION ON MARITIME NUCLEAR POWER
New paper proposes framework to support UK development of advanced, safe, small nuclear reactors as a reliable and scalable zero-emission maritime power source.
The UK is well positioned to lead the safe development and deployment...
STABILITY INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR LIGHTSHIP PROPERTY CHANGES
Applicability: shipowners, ship operators, ship managers, ship masters, ship designers and ship builders.
SOLAS (Chapter II-1, Reg 5.4) requires that where any alterations are made to a ship so as to materially affect the stability...
23 RESCUED AFTER FISHING VESSEL CAPSIZES OFF MARSHALL ISLANDS
Authorities in the Marshall Islands have reported the successful rescue of all 23 occupants of a foreign-flagged fishing vessel that capsized and sank near the capital Majuro late last week.
Yap Seagull, a tuna purse...
LR ISSUES UPDATED GUIDANCE TO SUPPORT SAFE FUEL CELL INTEGRATION ONBOARD SHIPS
This revised guidance provides shipbuilders and shipowners technical, regulatory and safety frameworks for integrating fuel cell power systems into new and existing vessels.
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has released updated guidance for the installation of fuel...