Transport - Ports and Logistics related services from Lloyd's Register Asia’s Energy team

About our services

Our services are aimed at providing technical assurance to clients across freight and logistics sector for ensuring reliable, safe and efficient operations

How we can help

Lloyd’s Register Asia offers a comprehensive range of technical services which can be tuned to the needs of assets in the ports and logistics segment. We help ensure that cargo handling and crane operations are conducted safely, reliably and efficiently and that equipment fully complies with the relevant standards.

Container services:

We have developed market-leading services in design appraisal, inspection and certification for all container types including tank containers, ISO boxes and offshore containers for new production and in-service work. We provide certification for all container types from new build through to in-service containers. We work closely with you to help maintain your operational fleets in the most efficient manner possible. We provide certification services to show compliance with many laws that apply to containers.

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Lloyd’s Register is also pleased to offer services to provide owner’s acceptance against each client’s own approval criteria. The approval specification can be pre-determined by the client and Lloyd’s Register is happy to design an inspection programme to meet client’s individual needs.

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Services for lifting appliances (quayside container cranes, rubber tyre gantry cranes):

• technical support and inspection at manufacturer’s works and on-site

• design appraisal services relating to all parts of the crane, including structural, electrical and mechanical

• certification involving design appraisal, inspection during manufacturing and witnessing of testing at works and on site

• in-service inspection

• progress review and reporting /2nd party inspections

• welder and welding procedure qualification services as per EN/BS standards, AWS, D1.1 etc.

• vendor assessment (second party assessment/technical audit to check technical capability of manufacturer; mostly using a specified checklist developed between Lloyd’s and client).

We have undertaken inspection and design appraisal services on behalf of port authorities, harbour commissioners, shipping lines, and port and terminal operators, who handle a significant proportion of international container traffic. In China specifically, we have been working in lifting appliance projects for 10 years and have certified over 100 off quayside container cranes and more than 200 off rubber-tyre gantry cranes. Most of our surveyors are with over 5 years experience in lifting appliance projects while the project managers have at least 7 years.
 

Ensuring a risk based approach:

We provide risk management services which help identify potential hazards, take steps to remove/control them and showcase the same by making a case for safety:

• hazard identification & analysis

• consequence & availability analysis

• human factor & risk assessment

• safety critical systems assessment

• safety management systems development

• independent safety audits

• maintenance management studies

• reliability and availability simulation of transport operations.
   

Comprehensive through-life and customised support:

Our risk management approach is a through life approach subject to reviews, audits and regular result assessments. A customised and tailored approach for companies work best in order to maximise safety, implement innovative solutions and demonstrate that risks are minimised to best possible extent.
 

Supply chain security services:

As part of our focus on supply chain security, Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) provides certification services confirming compliance with ISO 28000:2007.

ISO 28000:2007 is a risk based standard and an international benchmark for managing security programs in different countries, while simultaneously applying a globally consistent standard of operations. The objective of these initiatives is to improve the movement of cross border trade by ensuring that members of the supply chain are confirmed as secure traders.

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Why  choose Lloyd's Register Asia's energy sector related services?

We help you ensure:

• an assurance of through-life integrity

• a reduction in the risk of failure and downtime

• a decrease in the likelihood of technical risk-helping to build confidence for major projects

• independent authoritative reports to meet the requirements of, among others, insurers, banks and statutory authorities

• an assurance that manufacture, installation and maintenance work satisfies specified requirements.