Classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has doubled the size of its fleet under classification over the last six years, with more than 7,200 ships from over 1,900 shipping companies worldwide, with a gross tonnage exceeding 100 million GRT, under regular technical supervision.
The ship that saw GL break the 100 million mark was shipping company Hamburg Süd's 85,676GRT 'Santa Rosa'. The 300-metre-long container ship, built by South Korean shipyard Daewoo, has a capacity of 7,100TEU and fulfils the requirements of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) the soon-to-be mandatory energy efficiency measure.
The serving GL fleet is dominated by container ships (accounting for 68 percent), followed by multi-purpose vessels (ten percent), bulk carriers (nine percent) and tankers (seven per cent). GL also classifies ferries, cruise ships, offshore supply vessels and wind turbine installation ships, as well as mega-yachts and leisure boats. GL class ships sail under 114 different flags, the most prevalent being those of the Administrations of Antigua and Barbuda, Germany, Liberia, Singapore, Indonesia and Cyprus.
GL holds a global market share of just under 10 per cent of ships under classification. In the container ship and multi purpose vessel markets, GL holds market-leading shares of over 40 and 14 per cent respectively. In the first eight months of 2011 alone, total gross tonnage rose by seven million tons.
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