Latest Marine technical news publication, Horizons
01/06/2010
This edition, published to coincide with Posidonia, explores Lloyd's Register's support for the Greek maritime industry, and its commitment to a safer, greener environment.
Lloyd's Register has published its most recent edition of Horizons, its technical publication for the marine sector.
The latest edition of Horizons, published to coincide with Posidonia, the world’s leading maritime event, held in Piraeus, Greece, explores Lloyd's Register's support for the Greek maritime industry, and its commitment to a safer, greener environment.
It features articles on:
• driving Lloyd's Register’s commitment to Greece
• thinking local, with a global view
• ‘Victoria’ type double skin bulk carrier
• Victoria Steamship’s commitment to a clean, efficient future for shipping is demonstrated by its support for the environmental R&D charity, Greenwave
• interviews with Harry N. Vafias, President and Chief Executive Officer of StealthGas Inc.; Theodore E. Veniamis, the President of the Union of Greek Shipowners and founder, Chairman and Managing Director of the Golden Union Group, the Piraeus-based shipping company; Captain Panagiotis Tsakos, founder of the Tsakos Group of Companies. which has operations around the world, and including the NYSE-listed Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. Lloyd's Register asks him for his assessment of the state of the shipping industry today.
• promoting matters marine: The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust (LRET)
• Devolved Classification Executive Committee in Greece
• extended dry dockings provide flexibility to qualifying operators
• cleaner air and more oil in the tank – Teekay is helping an industry under pressure.
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