University of the Arctic
How can lessons from the past be helpful in addressing today's challenges to the safety of people in the Arctic Ocean economy.
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Discover how Lloyd's Register Foundation is harnessing our heritage to shape a safer and more sustainable ocean economy for the future.
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Our collection holds over 1.1m documents concerning the construction, maintenance and development of ships from the 1830s until the 1960s. The collection is freely available to all.
Without learning from the past, we cannot tackle the maritime challenges of the present.
For more than 260 years, through three industrial revolutions, Lloyd’s Register has been ensuring that ships, their crews and their cargoes are safe to go to sea. This focus on maritime safety has always been critical to the ocean economy.
Today, as the maritime sector navigates a range of new challenges of climate change, maintaining sustainable global supply chains and meeting vital net zero targets, is it important that we look back to examine the lessons we can learn from the past to help chart our course to a safer and more sustainable future.
At the heart of this learning process is the Lloyd’s Register Foundation archive, a unique research resource offering unparalleled reserves of data and knowledge regarding the evolution of maritime safety and the complex factors that drive this process.
Cared for and curated by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage and Education Centre, the archive is open to all, both in person at our historic home at 71 Fenchurch Street, London, and online via our growing range of digitised assets.
The Foundation is working with a diverse range of partners across the globe to unlock both the value of this archive and of a ‘learning from the past’ approach to maritime safety and sustainability challenges more broadly.
Explore our work in this area below, or visit the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage and Education Centre website to find out more and explore our archive.
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Alex Stitt Director of the Heritage and Education Centre
Drawing on our extensive archive, the Foundation is in a unique position to help chart a safe and sustainable future for the ocean economy using lessons from our past.
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