100 ships more for Germanischer Lloyd

Over 100 ships under construction, totalling more than 2.1m gt were entered into Germanischer Lloyd class in October. The record-breaking month saw the highest intake of new orders so far in 2006.As at the end of October 2006, the orders on hand totalled 1,116 ships with 19.6 million gt. GL says: “This means that Germanischer Lloyd has already - well before the end of the year - greatly exceeded its plans for the intake of orders for newbuilding classification.”"On the basis of this intake of new orders, we are again expecting a growth in turnover in double figures for 2006," said Rainer Schöndube, Member of the Executive Board at Germanischer Lloyd.