With a festive gathering of more than 100 representatives from Chinese shipyards, the maritime supply industry and shipowners, Germanischer Lloyd inaugurated its new Station in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, yesterday. 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.
Yangzhou is located on the northern bank of the Yangtze river and the Jinghang Canal. Because of its location it has historically been a leading economic and cultural center as well as major port of trade. Today, Yangzhou is once again an important transportation and market center. It also has some industrial output, chiefly in cotton and textiles.
From the very beginning, the classification society Germanischer Lloyd has been present in Asia. In 1870, just three years after its foundation in Hamburg, Germany, the society opened its first office in Shanghai. 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.
Yangzhou is located on the northern bank of the Yangtze river and the Jinghang Canal. Because of its location it has historically been a leading economic and cultural center as well as major port of trade. Today, Yangzhou is once again an important transportation and market center. It also has some industrial output, chiefly in cotton and textiles.
From the very beginning, the classification society Germanischer Lloyd has been present in Asia. In 1870, just three years after its foundation in Hamburg, Germany, the society opened its first office in Shanghai. 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.