Lloyds Register of Shipping (LR) started in 1764. The purpose of the register is to classify ships by type and condition for insurance and also for anyone looking to charter the ship. Today LR announced a prototype blockchain-enabled register tool.
The Register contains information such as the type of vessel, its gross tonnage, when it was last inspected, and the flag under which it sails. This is the process of entering a ship into ‘Class’.
Nick Brown, LR Marine & Offshore Director, commented: “A blockchain-based register provides immutability and auditability, therefore providing enhanced trust in the information provided on the platform and also potentially facilitating the trusted information to be available ‘up-to-the-minute’ allowing financing, insuring, payments, etc to be provided more dynamically.”
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