Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is a ship classification society and an international inspection, certification and technical consultancy company. Both business fields follow the same approach of technical competence, uncompromising quality and first-class services around the world.
The company with its head office in Hamburg (Germany) employs more than 5,000 engineers, surveyors, experts and administrative staff in 77 countries. The global network consists of more than 200 stations and site offices around the globe.
Ship owners, shipyards, the maritime supply industry and some 130 flag states are the primary customers of Germanischer Lloyd's ship classification activities. Its ship register contains a large number of multi-purpose vessels and high speed craft, tankers and bulk carriers as well as naval vessels, including submarines.
GL is dedicated to ensuring the safety of life and property at sea, and the prevention of pollution of the marine environment. Our safety and quality philosophy is based on qualified and well trained personnel capable of working in different cultural environments. As an independent third party company, GL is a dynamic, innovative, forward-thinking, expansion-minded organisation. We focus on developing state of the art rules, procedures and guidance in order to offer relevant answers in times of economic challenges and tight regulatory regimes. The number of vessels which are surveyed by GL experts are close to 6,784 with 78 million GT (gross tonnage). In 2010, the fleet in service will surpass the 100 million GT threshold.
As an inspection, certification and technical consultancy company GL offers sophisticated technical services addressing all safety and risk issues of installations related to energy production, storage and transportation. Germanischer Lloyd offers a "one stop shopping" approach for its worldwide customer base including comprehensive technical services across the asset life cycle.
In the oil & gas business segment Germanischer Lloyd's range of services extends to project consulting for oil and gas production, storage, subsea technology, LNG terminals, pipeline engineering as well as gas, electricity and water distribution networks. This is complemented with the corresponding software solutions and consulting services for installation performance, maintenance and process control.
Intensive consultancy, accompanied by inspection and certification procedures, provides customized support for manufacturers, operators, banks and investors at all stages in the value-added chain of industrial plants, such as planning and development, construction, commissioning, operation as well as dismantling and shutdowns.
The scope of capabilities, presented together with member companies of the GL Group, the British-based Advantica Group, Canadian PV Inspection, Malaysia's Trident Consultants and U.S. Material Consultancy Services comprises design review and verification, risk assessments, quality assurance and control (QA/QC), acceptance tests, asset integrity management and condition monitoring as well as large-scale hazard testing.
Germanischer Lloyd also provides technical expertise to all players in the expanding renewable energy markets around the world including site assessement, type approval and consultancy.
