Lloyds Register Quality Assurance - Improving performance, reducing risk

Press releases

• Carbon Expo 2011

  LRQA sponsors and attends the 8th edition of CARBON EXPO, the World's leading Trade Fair & Conference for Climate and Carbon Finance, Emissions Trading and Carbon Abatement Technologies, jointly organised by the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), the World Bank and Fira de Barcelona.

• Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance certifies Carrefour’s headquarters in Belgium to international food-safety standard

  UKAS extends scope of LRQA's ISO 22000 accreditation after independent review of Carrefour audit

• Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance accredited to deliver new global food-safety certification scheme

  FSSC 22000 harmonises certification requirements as food-service firms look for unifying standard

• Lloyd’s Register and Bestway's ambitious design venture offers an improved 'green' bulk carrier to commercial shipping industry

  Lloyd’s Register and Shanghai-based Bestway Marine Engineering Design have completed their joint-industry project to develop a trend-setting environmental bulk carrier, with results far exceeding expectations.

• LRQA accredited to certify the aerospace industry to updated standards for quality-management systems

  The company becomes one of the first certification bodies to offer the revised certifications specifically developed for the aviation, space and defence industries

• In China and Korea Lloyd’s Register marks a significant year for new construction

  Trust in service levels and technical capability proved to be winning combination for Lloyd’s Register in Asia in 2010. Success has been particularly marked in both China and Korea

• Lloyd’s Register issues industry’s first certificate of compliance with new Maritime Labour Convention and secures major related contracts

  Combined regulatory and standard certification contracts provide ship-owners and managers with more efficient solutions for inspection as new labour regime draws nearer

• Lloyd's Register and the University of Southampton to create a world-class technology centre to consistently drive industry innovation

  Business and academia join forces to support the sustainability of the energy and marine sectors

• Shipping and power experts join forces to explore the potential for nuclear power to propel future generations of commercial tankers

  Members of new research consortium, which includes Lloyd's Register, Enterprises Shipping and Trading, Hyperion Power Generation and BMT, to examine the marine applications for small modular reactors (SMRs)

• Lloyd's Register Educational Trust sponsors elite academic research into the potential risks faced by floating infrastructure in the offshore sector

  The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust (The LRET) has awarded a consortium of three prestigious universities more than £1.2 million to jointly conduct research into deepwater engineering and hydrodynamics.