As rules and regulations evolve, so must your response to maintain compliance. A good understanding of current and future rules and regulations and the solutions that are available to achieve compliance helps you make informed decisions that minimise disruption to operations and maintain market competitiveness. 

LR’s expertise on marine technology solutions, and extensive knowledge of current and future rules and regulations makes us the logical choice for advising you on your technical compliance challenges. 

  • Stability consultancy: Ship stability calculations and modelling, issuing stability booklets, addendum to stability booklets, investigating the effect of permanent ballast or advising on loading and proposed sailing conditions. 
  • Gap analysis for designs and rule changes: Comprehensive advice on design and regulations based on gap analysis of Class rules and rulesets. 
  • Safe return to port (SRtP): Assessment of vessel designs and systems layouts for independence and isolation to ensure sufficient power for a safe return to port. 
  • Safe navigation assurance: Reducing risks for any new transit scheme or port facility particularly for high traffic or environmentally sensitive areas, working with LR’s extensive network of master mariners and the latest in vessel and port simulation.  
  • Polar code and POLARIS Advisory: Ensuring the efficacy and safety of vessels in colder waters through gap analysis of the Polar Code prescriptive elements to POLARIS risk assessments.  
  • Intact and damage stability consultancy: Assessment and advice on loading conditions, stability and ship arrangements against intact and damage stability criteria using advanced ship modelling software.