A new state-of-the-art marine technology and research centre of excellence at the University of Southampton, which incorporates the Lloyd’s Register Group Technology Centre, has reached the milestone of “topping out” as development continues on the facility.

Lloyd’s Register has established a Group Technology Centre (GTC) in Singapore to perform R&D on technologies for the energy and maritime sectors, and has also reached an agreement with the country's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) to collaborate on its projects.

Lloyd’s Register has created a performance optimisation service that aims to support shipowners, builders and designers who are looking to develop solutions that offer more efficient performance for new and existing designs, and retrofits for ships in service.

Lloyd’s Register’s Strategic Research Group has joined forces with Totempower Energy Systems and Zodiac Maritime Agencies to assess the potential of wind-generation devices onboard commercial ships.