Environmental protection
Managing risks and improving performance
Our environmental protection service helps you manage environmental risk by providing guidance for controlling major operational pollutants.
Our environmental protection service helps you manage environmental risk by providing guidance for controlling major operational pollutants. The service incorporates ship design, equipment and operational features.
Applicable to ships classed with any IACS society, our award-winning service provides you with confidence that environmental risk is being managed effectively and demonstrates a proactive approach to your clients and regulatory authorities.
Environmental protection
In today’s environmentally conscious world there is increasing pressure on shipowners to minimise the impact of their operations on the environment. Our environmental protection service helps you to control operational pollution and demonstrate a proactive approach to environmental protection. It also provides independent verification of shipboard environmental performance.
Maritime authorities need to be confident about the vessels they allow to enter environmentally sensitive areas. Successfully achieving demonstrably high levels of environmental performance can enhance your reputation.
The benchmark standard
Lloyd’s Register was the first classification society to introduce an environmental standard and continues to be the leader today.
The Rules for Environmental Protection, formulated using environmental risk assessment techniques, are regularly updated using service experience and operational feedback to maintain them as the industry benchmark.
The Rules consist of two parts:
The core requirements help you to attain a level of environmental performance in excess of international legislative requirements and cover:
oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and sulphur (SOx) emissions
refrigerants and fire-fighting agents
oil pollution prevention
garbage handling and disposal
sewage treatment
hull anti-fouling systems
ballast water.
Optional modules, with more stringent requirements, cover:
These will help you gain recognition for your additional investment in specific aspects of pollution control.
Using the Rules as a framework, our surveyors and environmental specialists can work with you to tailor environmental protection solutions to your specific needs.
An ongoing commitment
Following the initial assessment, we carry out regular surveys and audits to help ensure continued high levels of environmental performance are maintained. To help you maximise the environmental and operational benefits of the latest advances, we regularly update our Rules and procedures to reflect technological and legislative developments.
Evidence of environmental performance
The service leads to assignment of our Environment Protection notation, publicly demonstrating your commitment to running an environmentally sound business.
Working better by working together
Working closely with us, you stand to benefit from our extensive collective knowledge and experience. Since introducing the first environmental standard, we have worked together with many owners and shipyards. We can bring unique experience and insight to your business.
Summary of benefits
• Helps control operational pollution, minimising the risk of an environmental incident.
• Enables you to demonstrate a proactive approach to environmental protection.
• Helps you gain recognition of investment in pollution control technology.
• Improves operational efficiency.
• Provides confidence that environmental risk is being managed effectively.
• Minimises the risk of fines and litigation.
Next steps...
To find out how we can help your business please contact your nearest office or complete our enquiry form: