Thirty-two ships will be transferred to Lloyd’s Register Class as part of the agreement that covers fifty-seven ships including NORDEN’s entire fleet, the classification society said in a press release.
Leading tramp ship operator Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S, based in Copenhagen, has contracted LR to class 57 ships, including the full NORDEN fleet and other externally managed NORDEN owned ships.
32 of the ships in the agreement will be transfer of class (ToC) ships and includes nine new ships which will transfer to LR upon delivery. Four ships are currently classed by LR and 16 externally managed ships will also be transferred to LR as part of this agreement.
The ToC of NORDEN’s fleet started with the entry of product tanker NORD MERMAID (pictured below) into LR class.
LR’s Copenhagen based Marine Client Manager, Flemming Kjeldsen, commented: “Our good working relationship with the client and the in-house capabilities we have here in Copenhagen to consistently support them was essential in securing the contract. Classing ships like bulkers and tankers and providing day-in, day-out service delivery is our key activity. We are here to help make sure NORDEN ships can trade as safely and efficiently as possible, taking every care to support them in their business goals.”
Lloyd’s Register (LR) is a global engineering, technical and business services organisation wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and engineering. Founded in 1760 as a marine classification society, LR now operates across many industry sectors, with over 9,000 employees based in 78 countries.
Hellerup, Denmark headquartered Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S is an independent shipping company incorporated in Denmark. NORDEN was founded in 1871, making it one of Denmark’s oldest internationally operating shipping companies. NORDEN operates in dry cargo and product tankers worldwide. NORDEN operates a mix of owned and chartered tonnage in total 221.5 dry cargo- (including single trip chartered vessels and INC vessels) and 46 tanker vessels. In addition NORDEN has a newbuilding programme with 25 vessels on order (dry cargo 23, tanker 2). NORDEN has offices in Singapore, China (Shanghai), USA (Annapolis), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), India (Mumbai) and Australia (Melbourne) and its staff is 299 employees and about 673 are employed on the Company’s owned vessels.