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Contents Environment 02 Efficiency 05 How we are supporting the marine supply chain 06 Performance 08 Technology 11 There where you need us 12 Talk to us today 12 Our people 13
As a stakeholder in the marine supply chain, you need to ensure your operations are efficient, cost-effective and compliant. At Lloyd’s Register (LR), we combine a unique understanding of the maritime industry with specialist expertise in environmental and energy efficiency solutions. This means we can better understand the challenges you face and help you find the best solutions for your business. Every solution we provide is based on the latest environmental technology and innovation, so that you can have confidence in achieving the best possible performance from your assets and operations.
Environment Make the right choices for your operations
Environmental challenges require significant actions, resources and investment decisions. Compliance with future and emerging environmental regulation is one of the biggest challenges the marine industry faces. There are many different solutions available, all at different levels of technological maturity and involving different commercial risks. We can help you make the right choices for your operations, by providing an understanding of the issues and by helping you to develop a strategy to achieve operational assurance. See right for how we have helped NORDEN and other clients meet their environmental challenges and how we could help you.
What our people say Katharine Palmer – Environmental Manager “At Lloyd’s Register we recognise there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. The environmental challenges faced by the industry are complex and the decision-making process is complicated. Our insight, knowledge and practical experience can provide you with the clarity to make the right decisions about your future direction and investments.” Follow Katharine on Twitter: @KP_LR
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“ We can help you make the right choices for your operations, by providing an understanding of the issues and by helping you to develop a strategy to achieve operational assurance.”
Our capability
Work we have done for clients Helping NORDEN select a ballast water treatment system The Danish ship operator, NORDEN, asked us to evaluate the suitability of a number of ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) they had pre-selected for their fleet of newbuild bulk carriers and product tankers. We were asked to provide a basis for selecting a system that would reduce investment risk and installation cost. We collated specific data from each system manufacturer and generated a ranking for each system against seven key criteria to help NORDEN make their decision. Norden commented: “As a globally operating shipowner, NORDEN is increasingly facing complex legislation that impacts on our business. BWTS are one such example and the competence of Lloyd’s Register has greatly assisted our decision making.”
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Waste management solutions in challenging conditions The operator of a new polar icebreaker asked us to help them understand the options for managing waste on board the vessel while at sea.
Delivering SEEMPs across an entire fleet A major shipowner needed to develop Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plans (SEEMPs) for its entire fleet of 53 ships at short notice.
The icebreaker is built to operate 270 days of the year in Arctic waters, without calling on any ports, and will support 100 crew. These are challenging operating conditions in a sensitive ecosystem. Any shipboard waste management needed to take these factors into account.
With limited resources, the company needed the SEEMPs to be developed in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible.
We provided a workshop covering: – current and future environmental regulations – their waste management options, taking into account the challenging operational limits – a review of the shipyard’s design and equipment proposal. The client commented that the workshop was geared to their needs and answered their questions.
Over two 1-day workshops we worked with the owner to get their input and to ensure that the SEEMPs would be relevant and would link to their existing procedures and manuals. We first developed a fleet SEEMP and then a ship-specific SEEMP template. This meant that the SEEMPs for each individual ship could easily be maintained by updating the fleet document. Photograph: The NORDEN tanker Nord Goodwill (Image courtesy of NORDEN)
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Our capability
Work we have done for clients Efficient energy management for CEMEX CEMEX UK Marine is a leading supplier of aggregates to the European construction industry, operating a fleet of dredgers in the English Channel. The company came to LR with a requirement for a complete energy management solution. They wanted this to not only address regulatory requirements but also improve the way energy was managed across the fleet. The ultimate aim was to become certified to the ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems standard, considered the ultimate demonstration of a company’s commitment to energy management. We approached CEMEX’s requirements in stages, starting with our Energy Management training course and then carrying out a gap analysis on energy efficiency opportunities at fleet level. We then helped the company to develop an energy monitoring process and systems. From the very beginning, both LR and CEMEX realised it was crucial to engage people from all levels of operations in the development of the energy management system and to capture their knowledge and best practice. We therefore delivered our services in workshop format, with the participation of chief engineers, deck officers, masters, superintendents and personnel from the logistics team – efficiency for CEMEX was a team effort and focused on people as well as hardware. 04
CEMEX was officially certified compliant with ISO 50001 in January 2013 and is the first company in the United Kingdom to be certified as such. Meeting these standards is a significant achievement and indicates CEMEX’s considerable commitment to environmental performance and energy efficiency. Future-proofing the fleet – working with UCL to find out how Collaborating with academic and research organisations is a key element in our work to deliver solutions to our clients. It combines academic research expertise with our understanding of the marine industry and how technology is applied. One such collaboration is with the Energy Institute of University College London (UCL). Together with them and other industry bodies, we are modelling possible future scenarios for the shipping industry using a global transport model called GloTraM. This builds on our recent report, Global Marine Trends 2030, produced with the University of Strathclyde and QinetiQ. GloTraM is allowing us to glimpse the future by modelling scenarios which take into account the complex regulatory, economic, social and geopolitical factors influencing the uptake of alternative fuels such as LNG, methanol, hydrogen and bioenergy.
This work is vital in helping our clients future-proof their ships and considers the fact that ships built today will be around in 2040, and ships designed tomorrow will be around in 2050. We will be using the results to assess the validity of our client’s market and risk assumptions when renewing their fleets. Tristan Smith of UCL comments: “UCLEnergy has built and maintains data and models to represent the dynamic interactions between regulation, the shipping markets and the world fleet. Working with Lloyd’s Register enables us to combine this state of the art research with their deep industry experience and insight into how the shipping industry is responding to recent events. The resulting tools can now be used to understand the robustness of the commercial decisions made by the shipping industry‘s stakeholders today.” Image: Computational fluid dynamics applied to the hull form of your ship is just one way that we can help you optimise vessel design and improve performance
Efficiency Measure efficiency, make improvements When you understand the energy efficiency of your assets and supply chain, you can identify and implement improvements to enhance performance. Whether you need to reduce your operational cost base or meet your stakeholders’ expectations, we can provide solutions to fulfil your specific requirements. See left for how we are helping CEMEX and other clients become more energy efficient.
“ Whether you need to reduce your operational cost base or meet your stakeholders’ expectations, we can provide solutions to fulfil your specific requirements.”
What our people say Paul McStay – Lead Environmental Specialist “Lloyd’s Register is always seeking better ways to improve vessel performance and operational efficiency and to prove that projects ‘do what they say on the tin’. Our approach is to work with you to explore how to improve vessel performance and optimise vessel design through technology and management practices, or both, to provide economic and environmental benefits.” Follow Paul: @PaulMcStay_LR
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How we are supporting the marine supply chain At Lloyd’s Register, we understand the marine supply chain and the drivers that influence its stakeholders. This enables us to provide you with solutions which add value while maintaining commercial focus. We can help you reduce risk, improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption in today’s complex and technically challenging environment.
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More efficient supply chains Lloyd’s Register is a founder member of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, working across the supply chain, from producers and manufacturers to end-users, to understand the drivers that are impacting marine logistics and to enable our clients to respond to these challenges.
People and ships working in harmony Environmental challenges mean that ships are becoming increasingly complex to operate. You would not put a novice driver behind the wheel of a Formula One car and nor would you put people without the right experience on board your ships.
The Sustainable Shipping Initiative Vision 2040 sets out a sustainable future for the marine industry. Through collaboration with leading shipowners, charterers, builders, engineers and financial institutions we aim to create solutions to achieve our vision.
We help our clients develop operational procedures and training to ensure that their two most important assets – people and ships – work in harmony and deliver high performance.
Global Marine Trends 2030 What is the supply chain going to look like in 2030 as forces such as population change, shifts in economic activity and the demand and allocation of resources transform the world around us? Global Marine Trends 2030 is cutting edge research to encourage a broader understanding of how these issues affect the marine industry. Done collaboratively with QinetiQ and the University of Strathclyde, this research demonstrates our ability in scenario planning and impact assessment for our clients’ operations.
Future fuels Could solutions that we now think of as remote, for example hydrogen fuel cells, ever become a realistic option for shipping? How will future regulation drive different fuels and technologies? And if society chooses a lowcarbon future path, what will this mean for future marine fuels? These are some of the questions we ask ourselves at Lloyd’s Register and find our clients asking us. We are always ready to provide technical support in the implementation of any
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LNG bunkering The innovative drive by port authorities to provide gas bunkering services for gas ships and non-gas ships presents brand new challenges that are not fully addressed by international regulations to date. These challenges require innovative solutions. We are providing experienced-based solutions to make LNG bunkering possible, safely. These are based on our wide experience in gas technology and the methodology we have created in-house to risk assess novel technology.
fuel strategy our clients choose. At the same time, we can’t help being curious and inquisitive. Especially when some of the ships we build and design today will still be around in 2050. That’s why we are collaborating with industry and academia on modelling tools such as GloTraM (see page 4). We are able to simulate the technical and operational evolution of ships based on the principles of profit maximisation and future regulatory compliance. Using inputs specific to our clients’ business models we can work out their future fuel of choice.
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Performance Gain competitive advantage in a challenging market
Your company’s environmental performance can be a differentiator and help you gain competitive advantage in challenging market conditions. We can help you improve performance through future proofing your assets, transparency in performance reporting and meeting beyond-compliance standards. See right for how we have helped Zodiac and other clients improve and demonstrate their performance and how we could help you.
What our people say Jim Heath – Ship Recycling Product Manager “Ship recycling legislation is becoming more complex and more commonplace. Owners are increasingly aware that the Hong Kong Convention and new EU Ship Recycling Regulation mean additional requirements must be met. We have been working on ship recycling since 1996. Almost 1,500
ships have signed up for our IHM services and our ‘hands on’ experience of recycling projects in China and Turkey ensures we are best placed to help you minimise risk. We are dedicated to supporting companies that operate and dispose of their ships responsibly.” Follow Jim on Twitter: @JimHeath_LR
“ Your company’s environmental performance can be a differentiator in challenging market conditions.”
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Our capability
Work we have done for clients Helping Zodiac become ISO 50001 certified Challenging market conditions mean that charterers can be selective about the ships they hire. Operators who champion energy efficiency may gain competitive advantage by being able to offer vessels which are more cost-effective to operate.
Verifying RCL’s greenhouse gas emissions Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) was approached by major cruise line, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL), to verify the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory it was submitting to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
As part of the company’s commitment to sustainability, it decided to voluntarily go beyond existing legislation requirements and follow best practice in safety and environmental standards during the recycling process. It also wanted to attain independent assurance that these standards were upheld.
Zodiac is one company which has made a firm commitment to becoming more energy efficient. They asked us to help them achieve certification to the ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems standard, which helps companies systematically improve energy performance.
CDP is an international not-for-profit organisation which provides a global system for companies to measure, disclose, manage and share environmental information.
We provided this assurance by: verifying the ship’s Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) and carrying out a Final Survey in accordance with the forthcoming Hong Kong Convention; carrying out a pre-assessment of the Ship Recycling Facility Plan; and inspecting the recycling process, including downstream hazardous waste management.
The first stage of the process involved assessing Zodiac’s existing energy management system against the 50001 requirements using gap analysis. The company has completed this and is now working through a programme of shipboard audits, including sample audits by LR. Certification is expected before the end of the year. The certification process is intended to support the positive change in energy efficiency culture that Zodiac is promoting. A manager commented: “Becoming certified to ISO 50001 will demonstrate our commitment to the sustainable use of energy on board our managed fleet. Lloyd’s Register has provided us with valuable support in meeting the requirements of the new standard.”
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Although independent verification of inventories submitted to the CDP is voluntary, more and more companies are seeking the credibility that independent verification provides. We provided verification against ISO 14064-1, the international standard for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gases. This included an initial data review, a site visit, risk analysis, and data verification. The company’s GHG assertion and report to the CDP was also verified. Including our independent verification in the submission to the CDP demonstrated RCL’s environmental commitment and transparency towards their stakeholders and customers. Ensuring best practice in ship recycling Shipowner, The China Navigation Company, part of the private arm of the Swire group, decided to send four of its general cargo ships to be recycled at the end of their life.
Simon Bennett, General Manager – Sustainable Development, China Navigation, commented: “Our decision to avoid using recycling by beaching, due to environmental and human health concerns, led to a slightly reduced price for the disposal of the four ships. It also required a paradigm shift in the old shipping business mind-set: we are taking responsibility for an asset and how it is treated even after we have signed the Bill of Sale. We did this simply because it is the right thing to do.” Photograph: Pacific Flores, one of the cargo ships sent for recycling by The China Navigation Company, alongside at the breaking yard (Image courtesy of The China Navigation Company)
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Our capability
Work we have done for clients Assessing the latest sailpower technology Our innovation and experience is reflected in the technology projects we support. One of these is Windship Technology Ltd, a sail power concept being developed by a consortium of five key players in the shipping industry. We were asked by the consortium to independently assess the new concept, known as an Auxiliary Sail Propulsion System (ASPS), to validate its performance and find out its potential for fuel savings. The ASPS uses fixed wing sail technology, whereby two 35-metre high masts are installed on the deck of a vessel, each with three aerodynamic wings. The masts rotate automatically to exploit the power of the prevailing wind, allowing engine power to be reduced in order to achieve fuel savings. We carried out computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of the ASPS masts on a supramax bulk carrier in varying wind directions and speeds to determine the thrust they would generate at the optimum angle.
These showed that ASPS has the potential to provide more than 50% of the required propulsive thrust a vessel needs, depending on conditions. In the right conditions this could save a typical bulk carrier 30% of its fuel costs on a voyage.
Validating a major cruise line’s route to emissions compliance A major cruise line was considering installing an exhaust gas treatment system on one of their ships as an alternative way of complying with emissions regulations.
Windship Technology consortium member, Lars Carlsson, former President of Concordia Maritime, said: “There is a huge fleet of ships built during the last 10 years which risk being scrapped prematurely due to their high bunker consumption. Windship Technology installed in these older ships would immediately reduce their bunker consumption and also save them from premature scrapping, which is a terrible waste of time and money and creates toxic emissions in the environment”.
Due to the scale of investment, the non-mature nature of the technology and pressing timescales, the company asked us to help by validating whether they were on the right track.
LR is working closely with Windship Technology to provide concept through to full-scale support, covering classification, installation, integration and design approval, as well as performance verification and operational assurance at a time when the system is fitted for full-scale application. For more information, visit www.windshiptechnology.com
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We provided a one-day workshop which covered the science and engineering aspects of the technology, as well as the regulatory framework. We also reviewed the equipment scope of supply, highlighting potential issues and the commercial and regulatory risks which the company would need to seek clarification on from the manufacturer. The Senior Vice President of the Cruise Line said of the workshop: “It was well prepared and well executed. Money well spent! [We] learned a lot from the discussions.” Image: How the Windship sails would look on a bulk carrier
Technology Turn a novel concept into an operational reality
Our team of specialists can support you in making a conceptual environmental technology a reality – providing solutions to address and manage the risks at every stage of the process. Through testing and trials, we help ensure that technology is designed, implemented and operated safely, efficiently and in a people-centred way. See left for how we are helping our clients turn new technology into a shipboard reality.
“ We help ensure that technology is designed, implemented and operated safely, efficiently and in a people-centred way”
What our people say Dimitris Argyros – Lead Environmental Specialist “Environmental and energy challenges call for innovative solutions. We have to think outside the box. Great technologies and ideas can come from people outside the traditional shipping industry: ballast water treatment, exhaust emissions abatement, energy efficiency devices, and wind and solar energy are just a few examples of such technologies.
A technology might be well-proven and promising but implementing it in the marine environment may mean risking commercial failure. With our unique understanding of ships and our relationships with technology developers, we can be the link between a great idea and its successful marine application.” Follow Dimitris on Twitter: @DimitrisA_LR
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There where you need us We work in 237 offices and locations worldwide. This means we can help you with your environmental challenges wherever you are. And our local knowledge means we can adapt our solutions to meet your needs.
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Talk to us today Email marine-environment@lr.org or visit www.lr.org/environment
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Our people
Katharine Palmer Environmental Manager @KP_LR
Peter Catchpole – Principal Environmental Specialist @PCatchpole_LR
Paul McStay – Lead Environmental Specialist @PaulMcStay_LR
Jose Gonzalez – Senior Environmental Specialist @JoseGonzalez_LR
Dimitris Argyros – Lead Environmental Specialist @DimitrisA_LR
Yıldız Williams – Senior Environmental Specialist @YıldızW_LR
Jim Heath – Ship Recycling Product Manager @JimHeath_LR
Ginger Garte – Environmental Business Development, Americas
Brijesh Tewari – Marine Consultancy Services Manager, Singapore
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