Zhoushan/Hamburg, 19 May 2008 – 22 vessels are being built with Germanischer Lloyd (GL) class at Ouhua Shipyard and Yangfan Shipyard. The contract signings for eight 1,284 TEU container vessels and six 1,500 TEU container vessels from Ouhua Shipyard and eight 5,000 units Pure Car and Truck Carrier from Yangfang Shipyard were celebrated at First Zhoushan Shipping Industry Expo 2008 this weekend. This celebration highlights the close relationship between both Shipyards and the Germany based classification society.

Germanischer Lloyd continues expanding activities in China. GL recently inaugurated its 11th Station in China in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. The team of more than 20 employees under the management of Station Manager Gerhard Patz service the ship newbuilding at five shipyards and 90 component manufacturers. In addition, they cover the regular fleet in service inspections at the ports of Yangzhou, Taizhou and Lianyungang.

Germanischer Lloyd’s activities in Asia

From the very beginning, the classification society Germanischer Lloyd has been present in Asia. The classification society has built up a strong network of more than 200 experts in China serving shipyards, supply industry and shipping companies. Roughly 750 container ships, multi-purpose vessels, bulk carriers and oil/chemical tankers are presently being built or in the GL orderbook at more than 60 shipyards.

Germanischer Lloyd is also present in Shanghai, Dalian, Jiangyin, Nanjing, Ningbo, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Hong Kong, and Kaohsiung. Shanghai is the location for the Country Office and the Area Office China, Plan Approval and Engineering Services East Asia and the Division Office East Asia.

The spectrum of services includes amongst others newbuilding supervision, ship in service inspections, ISM, ISO and ISPS certification, quality management certification and approval of workshops / shipyards as well as training activities.