Welcome
Lightning Naval Architecture (LNA) provides professional naval architecture for ship-owners, operators and ship-yards.
LNA is an independent consultancy with responsibility only to its clients to provide the best possible service.
We cover all aspects of naval architecture and project management.
Specialist areas cover: marine interior design, ship stability and drafting services.
Key Services
Naval Architecture
- Ship design from concept to contract
- Feasibility consultancy with prepurchase surveys
- Tender documents and tender selection
- Class and Flag State approvals
- Intact and Damage Ship Stability calculations using NAPA system
- Hull forms
- Detailed design
- Ship-shore interface for RoRo vessels
- Optimisation of new building main particulars
- Onsite design and calculation
Project Management
- Project planning
- Procurement
- Supervision
- Inservice refurbishment
Specialist Areas
Marine Interior Design
- Analyses functional requirements, desired effect and purpose of the interior
- Sketches plans of areas showing arrangement of space, furniture and accessories
- Selects decorative and functional materials and accessories
- Uses CAD systems as part of the design process and for consultation with clients
- Designs original furnishings and joinery to conform with proposed scheme
Ship Stability
- Intact and Damage Stability calculations
- Stability documentation
- Expertise in NAPA systems
Drafting & 3D Modelling Services
- General Arrangement drawings
- Fire Control Plans, Lifesaving Plans, Escape and Safety Plans
- Detailed Interior plans
- Visualisation Renders
Marine Engineering
- Custom Condition Assessment Programs
- Construction and major repair supervision
- In-house hydraulic calculations
- System calculations
- P & I Diagrams for ship systems
- Ship Design
- Marine Interiors
- Ship Stability
- Drafting Services
- New Buildings
- Conversions