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www.maritimeprofessional.com Maritime Professional 43 CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES the best decisions based on the best possible information. Ourjob is to focus on the facts around safe, efficient marine tech- nology - rather than pushing or preferring any particular tech- nology.? Lloyd?s Register is looking at the issues of sustainability from a very broad perspective with services, research and development at many levels and across many subjects. Helping owners understand the EEDI and SEEMP require- ments, to improve their trim characteristics, provide award winning training as well as advanced strategic research in biofuels, fuel cells, nuclear power, LNG containment, noise and vibration, the human element - and so on. Boardley concludes, ?The marine world has changed dra- matically in the last 10 years. The world fleet has doubled. China has come of age - we now have 450 staff in China. Now we will see substantial evolution in ship design. Owners, yards and regulators are looking for help in all areas. We are even trying to help with the scourge of piracy ? which is not really our domain area - but we are helping where we can, with technical advice around citadels, for example. ?But as well as technical leadership we will become moreinfluential in ?human engineering?. Everything comes down to people making good decisions. Increasingly safety, sus- tainability and engineering systems, come down to ensuring that people are making good decisions. This is what we try and do every day.? ?Gas is one of the fuels of the future ? perhaps not the fuel. Whether it is widely adopted will depend on whether a global market and infrastructure for gas emerges ? and that?s a long way off. And then it will come down to price. Many operators will be looking for flexibility and a modern ?tri-fuel? engine able to burn HFO (spell out), diesel or LNG may be an attractive option.? ? Tom Boardley, Lloyd?s Register?s Marine Director MP #4 (34-49):MP Layouts 11/8/2011 4:25 PM Page 43