Service Suppliers providing services, inspections and testing on behalf of the owner or the operator of a ship are subject to approval by Libero Hellenic Register (LHR) when the results are used by LHR Surveyors in order to make decisions affecting the classification and/or the statutory certifications. This is to ensure the quality of services meets the necessary quality standards.
Holders of the LHR Approval Certification are eligible to use the relevant Service Supplier’s marks for marketing purposes in association with the service category for which the service supplier has valid certification.
If you are an approved LHR Service Supplier, you may contact us directly to receive the relevant mark. To verify your certificate, you may visit www.hellenicregister.org/verification.
Service Supplier certification steps:
- Service Supplier Application form submission
- Preliminary review of Service Supplier’s documentation
- Execution of the audit and/or documentation review as applicable
- Issuance of Certificate of Approval or Document of Acceptance, as applicable
Categories of Service Supplier Approval
- Thickness measurements on ships or mobile offshore units
- Tightness testing of closing appliances such as hatches, doors etc. with ultrasonic equipment
- In-water surveys on ships and mobile offshore units by diver or Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV).
- Inspections and maintenance of fire extinguishing equipment and systems
- Servicing inflatable liferafts, inflatable lifejackets, hydrostatic release units, inflatable rescue boats, marine evacuation systems
- Inspections and testing of radio communication equipment
- Inspections and maintenance of self-contained breathing apparatus
- Examination of Ro-Ro ships bow, stern, side and inner doors
- Annual performance testing of Voyage Data Recorders (VDR) and simplified Voyage Data Recorders (S-VDR)
- Inspections of low location lighting systems using photo luminescent materials and evacuation guidance systems used as an alternative to low- location lighting systems
- Sound pressure level measurements of public address and general alarm systems on board ships
- Testing of coating systems in accordance with IMO Resolution MSC.215(82) as amended and IACS UI SC223 and/or MSC.288(87) as amended
- Maintenance, thorough examination, operational testing, overhaul and repair of lifeboats and rescue boats, launching appliances and release gear
- Measurements of Noise level Onboard Ships
- Tightness testing of primary and secondary barriers of gas carriers with membrane cargo containment systems for vessels in service
- Surveys using Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT) as an alternative means for Close-up Survey of the structure of ships and mobile offshore units
