Lloyd's List is the leading daily newspaper for the maritime industry.

The origins of Lloyd's List began in the 16th century in Lloyd's Coffee House in Lombard Street in the City of London, which was owned by Edward Lloyd. It began as a weekly journal devoted to shipping matters and read by the insurance men and merchants who frequented Lloyd's Coffee House. Today Lloyd List is a daily newspaper.

Lloyds List has never missed a week since it began publication, and around 60 000 copies have been issued. Some authorities say it is the oldest newspaper in continuous production, but this is disputed.

Lloyd 's list is often described as the "conscience of the shipping industry", and it is well regarded for its conscientious reporting of matters relating to shipping disasters

The development of Lloyd's List parallels the development of Lloyd's of London, and has as much respect in the shipping world as Lloyd's of London has in the insurance business.

Neither Lloyd's List nor Lloyd's of London have any relation to Lloyds Banking Group plc, which is a totally different corporate entity with a different origin.

History of Lloyds List

Before 1692 Edward Lloyd has begun publishing a weekly newsletter, Ships Arrived at and Departed from several Ports of England, as I have Account of them in London ... [and] An Account of what English Shipping and Foreign Ships for England, I hear of in Foreign Ports. A publication dubbed Lloyd's News was first published by Edward Lloyd in 1696

Publication of Lloyds List was weekly until March 1735, when it increased to semi-weekly. It went daily in 1837, except for Sunday.

In 2002 a tradition came to an end when Lloyd's List started to refer to ships as "it" instead of "she".

References & further reading

[1] Lloyd's List home page, lloydslist.com

[2] Lloyd's List - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia