The Role of Technology in Green Ship Design - A Classification Perspective Seminar

With more than 70% of the planet’s surface covered by water, the oceans are at the heart of life on earth. Today, more than 90% of trades are carried out by waterborne transport and we are venturing into more hostile parts of the oceans, in ever greater depths to extract resources and power world economic growth. In the last few decades the maritime industries have continuously endeavoured to mitigate the increasing environmental expectations via the implementation of operational strategies and the development of technologies that may be related with efficient engine design, propulsion systems and optimised ship hull designs.
Lloyd’s Register plays an important and well established role within the regulatory framework of the marine industry by helping to assure standards of safety and sustainability through the application of technology resources. Notwithstanding, the diverse and increasing technological demands implied by the environmental expectations raise some questions on the role of technology and regulation versus classification based assurance.
This talk discusses recent regulatory developments, outlines some technological implementation options as well as some of the recent innovation initiatives of the Society. In this sense it supports the notion that Strategic Research may be an essential milestone in response to the demands of the international community to ‘connect and catalyse’ some of the foreword looking socioeconomic expectations imposed upon the maritime industry.