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LR signs strategic cooperation framework agreement with China Cruises Lloyd's Register 2025-06-12 09:27

Following its full classification services for Adora Magic City, China’s first domestically built large luxury cruise ship, LR has entered strategic cooperation with China Cruises, leveraging both local project experience and global technical expertise.
 
With a market share exceeding 40% in the global fleet of operating and newly built large cruise ships, LR has maintained its leading position in the industry for nearly two decades.
 
LR operates four Cruise Centres of Expertise in China, the UK, Italy, and the US, and has a global team of over 220 dedicated cruise surveyors, providing end-to-end technical support throughout the design, construction, operation, and management phases. 
 
Francesco Ruisi, VP Global Passenger Ship Segment Director at LR, said: “By drawing on LR’s global experience and technical expertise in the cruise sector, we aim to support China’s independent development and construction of large cruise ships. We will contribute to the integrated growth of the cruise industry supply chain, and play an active role in helping China’s cruise sector advance toward high-end global positioning with a firm commitment to green and sustainable development.” 
 
Li Ming, General Manager of China Cruises and Chairman of Adora Cruise, said: “We are pleased to establish a strategic partnership with Lloyd’s Register. This collaboration will further strengthen our technical capabilities and international operations, while fostering deeper cooperation in cruise safety, sustainability, and technological innovation.”

(Back row, L-R) Li Ming, General Manager of China Cruises and Chairman of Adora Cruise, and Francesco Ruisi, VP Global Passenger Ship Segment Director at Lloyd’s Register (Seated, L-R) Gu Min, Head of Safety Supervision China cruise and Tang, Sau Weng, Lloyd's Register President of Greater China, signed the agreement on behalf of both parties.

source: Lloyd's Register

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