Optimism as classed fleet tops 9,000 ships

摘要

International classification society Bureau Ventas (BV) says its classed fleet has surpassed 9,000 vessels, totalling ovei 70m gt Launching the 2009-2010 Marine Business Review, Bernard Anne, managing director of the Bureau Ventas Marine Division said, "We ended 2009 with a fleet of 8,934 ships and since then have continued our strong growth, now passing 9,000 vessels and over 70m gt.That very largo number of vessels emphasises oui wide-ranging strengths, and oui diversity of expeitise. That helps us and the owners who use our class in these challenging times to be pragmatically optimistic.