It is an organization independent of the corporation of Lloyd’s and publishes ‘Register of Ships’ together with other ancillary publications. The Register of shipping’ published annually contains particulars of all known ocean-going merchant ships of 100 tons gross and upwards. the Register is kept up-to-date by means of cumulative monthly supplements containing changes of name, ownership, flag, tonnage, etc., for all ships together with a cumulative list of new ships not recorded in the Register itself.