Lloyd's Register (LR) has launched the LR Grey Code for boats under 24 m in length. With the Grey Code it will be possible to demonstrate safe design and quality manufacture of critical aspects for boats.
With a growing awareness for the need to reduce the risks of a boat’s operation for both crew and operator, the new Code is able to provide a level of equivalence to statute required by a navy’s safety management policy.
Consistency and Simplicity
The Code provides the evidence to the regulators, responsible persons and operators that craft are safe to operate in their roles within defined boundaries. Small boats in military service can be certified under a single Code which reduces complexity and confusion by bringing consistency and simplicity to safety standards, procedures and administration.
Safety Goals
The shared knowledge and collaboration between the UK Ministry of Defence and LR has been an instrumental factor in developing a proper understanding of the safety goals for small boats. Together, a pragmatic approach has been implemented to certification based on LR’s knowledge of the operators and the defined roles of the boats.
The new Code defines standards to be used, but has flexibility to accept alternative equivalent standards recognised by a Naval Administration. It takes a holistic approach to boat safety and is benchmarked against existing commercial and naval regulatory requirements, including SOLAS and UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency standards.
