Lloyd's Register
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The Lloyd's Register Group is an independent risk management organisation providing risk assessment and risk mitigation solutions and management systems certification. Historically it specialised in the maritime sector. Now it also works in several other sectors, including the rail sector.
Like the famous international insurance market, Lloyd's of London, Lloyd's Register owes its name and foundation to the 17th century coffee house in London frequented by merchants, marine underwriters, and others, all connected with shipping. The owner, Edward Lloyd, helped them to exchange information by circulating a printed sheet of all the news he heard.
In 1760, the Register Society was formed by the customers of the coffee house. The Society printed the first Register of Ships in 1764 in order to give both underwriters and merchants an idea of the condition of the vessels they insured and chartered. The classification of "A1", from which the expression A1 at Lloyd's is derived, first appeared in the 1775-1776 edition of the Register.
Other than this historical connection, Lloyd's Register is unrelated to Lloyd's of London.
Lloyd's Register is published annually in two editions which contain information on all merchant ships afloat above 100 tons.
Lloyd's Register Society supervises the construction of ships and their machinery at every stage in the process and continues to survey ships throughout their working lifetime. The society has comprehensive rules relating to the construction of ships and machinery, steel testing, and other aspects of ship seaworthiness. The society employs a large staff of ship surveyors, engine surveyors, steel testing surveyors, forging inspectors, and electrical engineers. These employees are stationed at ports around the world.
Of 29,763 steam and motor vessels upwards of 100 tons afloat in 1939, 13,694 were built under the direct supervision of the Register Society.
Lloyd's Register is a UK Notified Body, under The Railways (Interoperability) (Notified Bodies) Regulations 2000, in six TSI areas: Control Centres and Signalling, Energy, Infrastructure, Maintenance, Operations, and Rolling Stock.
