10. May. 2012 | Shipping is highly underinvested in modern software technologies. Only 0.7% of the investments that go into new vessels go into software technologies. With rising fuel prices and operating costs leaving the industry facing ever slimmer profit margins, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) experts showed how the increased deployment of the latest maritime software systems could help to fight this trend. more

9. May. 2012 | Mr John Walker has been appointed as head of GL Noble Denton’s growing Marine Casualty Investigation practice for the Americas region. more

8. May. 2012 | Carbon capture and storage techniques will become imperative to UK energy generation, as gas becomes the country’s energy game-changer, according to Arthur Stoddart, Executive Vice President at GL Noble Denton. more

10. May. 2012 | Shipping is highly underinvested in modern software technologies. Only 0.7% of the investments that go into new vessels go into software technologies. With rising fuel prices and operating costs leaving the industry facing ever slimmer profit margins, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) experts showed how the increased deployment of the latest maritime software systems could help to fight this trend. more

3. May. 2012 | Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has released updates to its Rules for Seagoing Ships and Naval Vessels. The updated Rules came into effect on 1 May 2012. more

3. May. 2012 | Germanischer Lloyd (GL) announces the release of the first comprehensive set of classification rules for Crew Boats and Offshore Wind Farm Service Craft. more

20. Apr. 2012 | Richard Pawling has been announced as the winner of the GL COMPIT Award 2012. The British computer aided design expert’s paper “The Development of Modelling Methods and Interface Tools Supporting a Risk Based Approach to Fire Safety in Ship Design”, was honoured for its contribution to the promotion of innovative approaches in conceptual ship design, at the COMPIT Conference which took place from 16 to 18 April 2012 in Liege, Belgium. more

4. Apr. 2012 | The challenges of preparing to meet the next generation of shipping regulations were very much on the minds of the participants at Germanischer Lloyd’s (GL) latest exchange forum in Szczecin, Poland. more

12. Mar. 2012 | Identifying and seizing chances for improvement in a difficult business environment was the theme that ran through this year’s annual meeting of Germanischer Lloyd’s (GL) Hellenic Technical Committee, held in Athens on 8 March. The dramatic increases in fuel prices, new regulations and an increased awareness of the importance of protecting the environment are leading ship builders, designers and owners to push against the established boundaries, developing smarter ships for tougher times. The meeting brings together representatives from the Greek maritime community every year, to hear and discuss presentations from both GL and external experts. more

12. Mar. 2012 | Columbia Shipmanagement’s (CSM) "Cape Mayor" has received a "Maritime Labour Statement of Compliance" from Germanischer Lloyd (GL). The classification society thus confirmed that the working and living conditions of the 20-strong crew on the container ship meet the requirements of the incoming ILO Maritime Labour Convention. CSM is part of Schoeller Holding and with over 150 vessels is one of the world's largest ship management companies. more

5. Mar. 2012 | The GL Group has received ISO 9001:2008 certification. The certificate reflects the integration of group wide standards along with GL Group including Maritime Services, GL Noble Denton and GL Garrad Hassan. more

5. Mar. 2012 | The Latvian Navy’s new SWATH patrol boats will be kept under Germanischer Lloyd (GL) class. GL surveyors will conduct periodic examinations throughout the life cycle of the vessels to verify that the vessels continue to be fit for purpose, technically reliable and seaworthy. Five vessels are currently planned with one, the Skrunda, already delivered. This is the first contract ever awarded for the maintenance in class of military SWATH boats. more

26. Apr. 2012 | The demand for electricity in Turkey is expected to rise sharply in future. more

24. Apr. 2012 | While the future of new wind farm development hangs in the balance, there are still many more dollars to be made by focusing on smarter operations & maintenance (O&M) strategy for live projects in North America. more

16. Apr. 2012 | The constant drive to innovate has taken the wind industry from its humble beginnings to its current prominence as the state of the art in energy generation. For the industry to continue to develop and lead the globe to a new era of sustainable energy, innovation must be ongoing, global, and part of every facet of the process from development to delivery. EWEA 2012 will mark the Association’s thirtieth year and GL Garrad Hassan will be at the conference, with experts giving presentations, chairing sessions and there to meet attendees at an exhibition stand. more

5. Apr. 2012 | To meet the renewable energy targets of the next century, offshore wind projects hold great promise with steady, strong winds, abundant space and low impacts. These benefits are not without their challenges, however, as developing offshore wind power projects requires significant investment, expertise and a reliable knowledge base. To help build this base, GL Garrad Hassan, part of the GL Group, has been awarded grants by the US Department of Energy (DOE) of $500,000 and $200,000 to fund two studies to identify optimal strategies for the installation, operation, and maintenance of offshore wind farms and to assess the readiness of US ports to meet the needs of the industry. more

27. Mar. 2012 | GL Garrad Hassan has appointed a new Business Development Manager in the UK. Ian Finch will be responsible for managing sales and business development activities for the GL Group with a special focus on offshore wind. He will work closely with Christoph Thiel, the newly appointed Head of Business Development and Sales for GL Garrad Hassan and Colin Morgan, who leads the Group’s Offshore Wind Practice. more

13. Mar. 2012 | GL Garrad Hassan has appointed Christoph Thiel as its new Head of Business Development and Sales. Mr. Thiel will be responsible for managing global sales and business development for GL Garrad Hassan worldwide, working from the Head Office in Hamburg. He started in his new position on 1 March 2012. more

12. Mar. 2012 | GL Garrad Hassan supported the investors of the Italian wind park “Fossa del Lupo” ERG Renew and the three banks involved with its due diligence services. The three banks are ING Bank, acting as Mandated Lead Arranger (MLA) and documentation bank, Crédit Agricole CIB as MLA and technical bank, and Centrobanca as MLA, modeling bank and agent. more

29. Feb. 2012 | The strengths, challenges and opportunities for Danish wind sub-suppliers in a global market were discussed in a workshop led by Lars Falbe-Hansen and Dr Lars Landberg, both GL Garrad Hassan Denmark, during a meeting of the Danish Wind Industry Association in Horsens, Denmark. more

6. Jan. 2012 | To support the developers and financiers of South Africa’s burgeoning wind power industry GL Garrad Hassan opened its first office in the Rainbow Nation, in Cape Town on 1 January 2012. South Africa is ideally suited for renewable energy development, given its abundant wind and solar resources, ample number of suitable sites and modern high voltage electrical infrastructure. The opening of the new office will mean that GL Garrad Hassan can now offer its clients a local point of contact for its global network of experts. more

8. May. 2012 | Carbon capture and storage techniques will become imperative to UK energy generation, as gas becomes the country’s energy game-changer, according to Arthur Stoddart, Executive Vice President at GL Noble Denton. more

16. Apr. 2012 | Sector leaders meet in London to discuss the outlook for 2012 and beyond at GL Noble Denton roundtable event - Participants agree that greater capital expenditure is certain this year, but warn of other hurdles ahead more

2. Apr. 2012 | GL Noble Denton has won the coveted Utilities category of the 2012 Pipeline Industries Guild Awards. more

29. Mar. 2012 | Lagos, Nigeria - GL Noble Denton has opened its first base in West Africa with operations in Lagos, Nigeria. The move reinforces the company’s commitment to developing its presence in the region, where the oil and gas industry has recently increased its efforts to access the considerable hydrocarbon reserves available in the Gulf of Guinea. more

20. Mar. 2012 | GL Noble Denton has been awarded a four-year enterprise framework agreement (EFA) to provide inspection services for Shell’s extensive global portfolio of projects in select locations. more

6. Mar. 2012 | Oil and gas industry professionals are confident in Australia’s ability to become the world’s largest gas exporter, according to research conducted in February at the Australasian Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition (AOG) in Perth. more

1. Mar. 2012 | To meet the growing demand for dynamic positioning (DP) services in the North Sea and broaden the reach of the company’s global offshore offering, GL Noble Denton has established a dedicated DP team at its offices in Stavanger, Norway. The company already serves a wide range of clients from its DP centres in Aberdeen, Houston, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, and has ambitious plans for growth from its new Norway base. more

20. Dec. 2011 | Oil and gas industry professionals see unconventional gas as a long term solution to the world’s energy demands, according to a poll conducted last week by GL Noble Denton, at the 20th World Petroleum Congress in Doha. 57% of participants said that the production of unconventional gas, which includes shale gas and coal bed methane, would help fuel the projected long term growth in global energy consumption, while 43% thought it would not. more

21. Nov. 2011 | Asia still requires the injection of profit-driven innovation from international oil companies, sector leaders claim. Asia needs international oil companies to continue to play a large and essential role in the oil and gas industry’s research and development activity, despite the growth of national oil companies, a group of the region’s oil and gas industry leaders has stated. more