Expert Voices

Following entry into force of the FuelEU Maritime regulation on 1 January 2025, our latest podcast delves into its practical implications and what implementation means for you. In this episode, Lucy Dibdin, LR External Communications Director, is joined by Ryan Bax, LR Business Advisory Lead Consultant and Jennifer Riley-James, LR Lead Regulatory Specialist. Our experts provide insight and clarifi...

As the maritime industry strives to achieves ambition decarbonisation targets against the tightest of regulatory timelines can switching existing vessels to cleaner fuels buy time?   With thousands of large ships potentially still running on fossil fuels by 2050, retrofitting engines for new fuels could be crucial for shipping’s net-zero trajectory. But how ready is the technology and industr...

How can bulk owners and operators balance short-term commercial pressures and long-term climate imperatives? What investments, strategies and collaborations can best position fleets for deep decarbonisation? What role do class societies and other stakeholders play in enabling the transition?   This podcast will deliver meaningful insights on what it takes to ‘green’ bulk shipping while balanc...

Join Lloyd's Register's Nikolaos Mikas and Riviera Maritime Media's Edwin Lampert in open discussion on these critical points as a panellist on a special Lloyd's Register / Riviera Maritime Media Expert Voices podcast.   Buoyant crude and product tanker markets, delivery dates of 2026 and 2027 for new tonnage and continued uncertainty on fuel choices at the newbuilding stage have propelled sa...

What are the key investment risks? What do green corridors and the Silk Alliance do to address this? Options are limited right now and with high risks. Most are unable to invest in long-term solutions. Collaborations with governments and ports are needed in green corridors to support the investments. Many aspects and challenges remain, but we need to gain exposure and education on them as a first...

Shipping has focused on fuels as the one factor it can control in the push to decarbonise, but the creation of a truly sustainable industry will require a more holistic ‘lifecycle’ approach.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of the Aronnax Podcast featuring Lloyd’s Register brings together the shipowner, ship designer, and the two cargo owners to look at the story of  With Orca.  We discuss what the Approval in Principle means for shipping, Norway and the confidence to change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a podcast moderated by Lloyd’s List managing editor Richard Meade, the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) and Lloyd’s Register bring together industry experts to talk about why the sustainability of marine fuels needs to be taken into account alongside price, availability and technical feasibility considerations.   SSI recently published the white paper  Defining sustainability cri...

In this podcast, we discuss liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel and how it has come to prominence in the past decade. We consider how it’s addressing the industry requirements as well as the risk and opportunities associated with its use. Our experts also cast an eye into the future, assessing LNG’s role in the fuel mix given an evolving regulatory landscape. In this conversation hosted by Nicol...

This time around, we talk about how seafarer wellbeing has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our discussion will be framed by the recent survey Lloyd’s Register (LR) undertook with the UK Chamber of Shipping and the Mission to Seafarers that assessed the impact of COVID-19 on the maritime workforce. This online survey was targeted at employees across the global maritime industry and ran for...

This time around, we are talking about remote capability and how the COVID-19 crisis has transformed the maritime industry's appetite and acceptance of remote technologies. Across the board, classification societies have seen an increase in remote surveys, but our conversation will focus on developments; how equivalence must evolve to enhance the efficiency of remote capability. What technologies...

In a question and answers session, moderated by Lloyd’s List, four sustainability experts share their insights on how data reporting and transparency are increasingly playing a role in driving change within ship recycling. Evaluating the impact of shifting ESG funding dynamics and the emergence of the circular economy. Norden’s Kristina Kunigenas, Standard Chartered’s Roger Charles along with...

In partnership with  Petrospot , LR hosted a two part expert panel debate with industry leading specialists to focus on the issues facing the shipping industry in light of the IMO 2020 regulation. Areas of discussion: Availability of compliant fuels The role of ports in the switchover Fuel Oil Non-Availability Reports and the importance of proactive fuel management and training Hosted on...

In partnership with  Petrospot , LR hosted a two part expert panel debate with industry leading specialists to focus on the issues facing the shipping industry in light of the IMO 2020 regulation. Areas of discussion: Availability of compliant fuels The role of ports in the switchover Fuel Oil Non-Availability Reports and the importance of proactive fuel management and training Hosted on...

January’s implementation of the 0.5% global cap on marine fuels progressed relatively smoothly as most industry stakeholders had done their homework and were prepared for the transition. But the start of 2020 has not been straightforward. The ferocity of the COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting widespread economic disruption, spreading from east to west, has interrupted supply chains and affected a...