What Is Lloyd's Register?
Today Lloyd's Register performs many services for the marine industry. Of importance to us is their independent inspection service for manufacturers. Marine plywood that carries the Lloyd's Register mark is manufactured by plants that have had their quality of materials, process, and final product inspected and confirmed to meet the most stringent BS 1088 standard. It is the finest marine plywood in the world.
Here is a link to the Lloyd's Register web page that explains a bit about their certification process. http://www.lr.org/Industries/Industry/Services/Certification/
Below is an excerpt from the History Page of the Lloyd's Register Website. These guys have been around for a while.
"We started with a cup of coffee
We owe our name to Edward Lloyd's 17th century London coffee house. Some other organizations also started there, like the entirely separate Lloyd's of London international insurance market. Edward Lloyd helped his shipping industry clientele to exchange information by printing a sheet of all the news he heard. In 1760, the Register Society was formed by the coffee house customers and it printed the first Register of Ships in 1764 to give underwriters and merchants an idea of the condition of the vessels they insured and chartered.
In 1834, the organization was reconstituted as Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping and the first classification Rules were published."
