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Large Yacht Regulatory Research
14-Apr-2009
BMT Nigel Gee announces research into the impact of future regulations on large yachts.
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a leading independent yacht design consultancy, and BMT Group Ltd subsidiary, has announced that it is to undertake a research and development project into the impact of future regulations on the design of large SOLAS certified yachts.
In recent years the number of yachts in the upper segment of the industry that are outside of the LY2 regulatory framework has increased. The application of SOLAS passenger ship regulations to these yachts is now becoming increasingly common.
The SOLAS based regulatory framework is undergoing a period of significant change with the recent ratification of a number of new regulations. Together with near term future regulations, these will have a significant impact on the layout of SOLAS certified passenger ships and therefore the yachts in the upper segment of the industry.
BMT will be undertaking research to investigate the implications of these future regulations on the layout of large yachts and how current design practices will need to change. In undertaking this work BMT will liaise with policy makers and key industry players to ascertain the impact of new codes for SOLAS certified yachts. Work on this initiative will begin in the early summer of 2009.
Parent company BMT Group has strong foundations in research based activities and the group invests in a number of research programmes each year.