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GL – Your Best Partner for Design and Construction

The delivery of each newbuilding is the culmination of a vastly complex engineering, logistics and manufacturing process. The successful start of a vessel’s long life at sea is therefore a tribute to the ingenuity, ability and perseverance of its designers and builders. 

At GL we believe a classification society’s role is to act as the shipyard’s partner by providing a sound framework for the conception, design and construction of all types of ships as well as by offering a broad array of sophisticated and intelligent support services. 

GL’s centralized plan approval office in Hamburg is unique among classification societies of its size.  In major shipbuilding countries liaison teams consisting primarily of experienced head office engineers assure that approval issues and secondary plan review are resolved in close coordination with the shipyard supported through electronic data transfer.   

Your benefits of centralized plan approval are:

• Assurance that one rule and regulatory standard is consistently applied world wide
• Quick and optimal resolution of complex, interdisciplinary problems
• Rapid channeling of experience from vessels into newbuilding designs and subsequent incorporation into our Rules
• Fast evaluation and acceptance of improved or innovative designs under the equivalent safety approach

GL has been helping designers and builders realize their full potential through personal commitment and competent support for years.  Perhaps just one more reason why GL has been the fastest growing classification society for each of the last ten years.

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