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LGSA Marine can trace its history back to 1857 with the founding of The Liverpool Salvage Association by a committee comprising of shipowners, merchants and Underwriters. Famous names such as Holt, Brocklebank and Papayanni were included in the list of founders. Their objective was ‘to promote dispatch and economy in the salving of ships and their cargoes’. The Committee employed experts who were expected to travel across the globe to reach casualties and protect the interests of those concerned.

The Liverpool Salvage Association was using diving equipment for salvage activities by 1866 and in 1873 the first of a series of salvage vessels was purchased. The Association was Incorporated in 1881. In 1924 The Liverpool Salvage Association established a local committee in Glasgow and became The Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association. This local arrangement ceased after the Second World War and since that time the Committee has been based in Liverpool.

The Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association, which was appointed Lloyd’s Agents in 1891, built up an unrivalled international reputation in salvage, marine surveying and consultancy throughout this time. Salvaging activities were suspended in 1968 as international trading conditions changed and improved navigational aids made this type of activity uneconomical.

Marine surveying and consultancy has continued to be the focus of The Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association. In 2000 The Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association acquired Perfect, Lambert & Co. Perfect, Lambert & Co were founded in 1890 and grew to become a leading company specialising in surveying and consultancy services to carriers and insurers relating to the carriage of dry, liquid, refrigerated and containerised cargos.

The complementary skills of The Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association and Perfect, Lambert & Co were brought together in a new company - LGSA Marine. The clients of both companies still enjoy the same personal service which is now backed by even greater resources and expertise, together with the benefits of a network of offices throughout the UK and extensive international contacts.

LGSA Marine has emerged into the 21st century as a leading international marine surveying and consultancy service. LGSA Marine continues to offer its clients a comprehensive service whilst maintaining high professional standards with a team of multi-skilled staff surveyors.