Germanischer Lloyd Australia and BMT Defence Services Australia signed MoU
To cooperate in the field of provision of independent assurance, risk management and support to naval capability, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) Australia and BMT Defence Services (BMT DS) Australia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Melbourne. This alliance will enable both organisations to benefit from each others know how: BMT Defence Services will utilize Germanischer Lloyd’s Naval Rules and Regulations to assure the integrity of their own products and services. On the other hand, Germanischer Lloyd can further develop its Naval Rules taking BMT’s expertise and experience into account. Through cooperation, the parties will provide risk management, local support and safety assurances to naval capability.
The combination of the companies’ potentials brings a new dimension to the area of naval assurance services in the Pacific region. More than 35 naval engineers with outposts in all major maritime centres across Australia will support the clients. Main customers will be the Navy in Australia and New Zealand as well as main shipyards and contractors for certification projects in the defence-environment.
Germanischer Lloyd Australia is a subsidiary of the Germany based Germanischer Lloyd (GL) Group. Technical competence, uncompromising quality and first-class service are the prime assets of the classification society Germanischer Lloyd. The core competence has been to set standards in technology, safety and quality for the maritime and industrial sector.
Over the past 30 years Germanischer Lloyd has provided support to more than 25 navies covering more than 340 ships and submarines. It is the only classification society that has developed classification rules for naval submarines and the first one to bring under naval class both combatant ships and submarines.
Devoted to promoting innovation, sustainability and environmental protection, Germanischer Lloyd covers all ship types such as containerships, tanker, bulker, multi purpose vessels, high speed ferries and cruise ships. The current newbuilding orderbook contains about 1,750 vessels with over 36 Mio GT.
While headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Germanischer Lloyd has established a global network of 208 offices in 77 countries. 4,400 employees, engineers and other experts, create value for the customers in a consistent manner worldwide.
Germanischer Lloyd conducts the safety surveys on board of more than 6,500 ships with more than 74 Mio GT. 126 flag states have authorized GL to perform statutory duties. According to annually published port state control statistics, Germanischer Lloyd has been ranking amongst the top classification societies for years.
BMT DS (A) specialises in the provision of ship design and naval engineering consultancy services which includes design and evaluation capability at the whole platform or system level, systems engineering, safety and environmental management, integrated performance management, whole life cost modelling and through life design support for new and in-service ship and submarines. The company is one of 30 international subsidiary companies that constitute the BMT Group, a leading international multi-disciplinary engineering, and science and technology consultancy of around 1,000 professional engineers offering a broad range of services, particularly in the defence, energy, environment, shipping and port logistics sectors.
Signing the MoU in Melbourne: Nathan Harding, Managing Director BMT Australia and Georgios Spiliotis, Area Manager Australia/New Zealand Germanischer Lloyd.
The combination of the companies’ potentials brings a new dimension to the area of naval assurance services in the Pacific region. More than 35 naval engineers with outposts in all major maritime centres across Australia will support the clients. Main customers will be the Navy in Australia and New Zealand as well as main shipyards and contractors for certification projects in the defence-environment.
Germanischer Lloyd Australia is a subsidiary of the Germany based Germanischer Lloyd (GL) Group. Technical competence, uncompromising quality and first-class service are the prime assets of the classification society Germanischer Lloyd. The core competence has been to set standards in technology, safety and quality for the maritime and industrial sector.
Over the past 30 years Germanischer Lloyd has provided support to more than 25 navies covering more than 340 ships and submarines. It is the only classification society that has developed classification rules for naval submarines and the first one to bring under naval class both combatant ships and submarines.
Devoted to promoting innovation, sustainability and environmental protection, Germanischer Lloyd covers all ship types such as containerships, tanker, bulker, multi purpose vessels, high speed ferries and cruise ships. The current newbuilding orderbook contains about 1,750 vessels with over 36 Mio GT.
While headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Germanischer Lloyd has established a global network of 208 offices in 77 countries. 4,400 employees, engineers and other experts, create value for the customers in a consistent manner worldwide.
Germanischer Lloyd conducts the safety surveys on board of more than 6,500 ships with more than 74 Mio GT. 126 flag states have authorized GL to perform statutory duties. According to annually published port state control statistics, Germanischer Lloyd has been ranking amongst the top classification societies for years.
BMT DS (A) specialises in the provision of ship design and naval engineering consultancy services which includes design and evaluation capability at the whole platform or system level, systems engineering, safety and environmental management, integrated performance management, whole life cost modelling and through life design support for new and in-service ship and submarines. The company is one of 30 international subsidiary companies that constitute the BMT Group, a leading international multi-disciplinary engineering, and science and technology consultancy of around 1,000 professional engineers offering a broad range of services, particularly in the defence, energy, environment, shipping and port logistics sectors.
Signing the MoU in Melbourne: Nathan Harding, Managing Director BMT Australia and Georgios Spiliotis, Area Manager Australia/New Zealand Germanischer Lloyd.