Piraeus, 29 January 2020: The DNV GL - Greece annual press conference, hosted by Ioannis Chiotopoulos, Vice-President and Regional Manager of South East Europe, Middle East & Africa, took place at the organization’s offices in Piraeus recently. The Norwegian Ambassador, Fronde Overland Andersen, announced the launch of the Regional Maritime Gas Centre, a brand-new department for the region, focussed on the rapidly developing gas segment. DNV GL’s market share, digital services and endeavours in the region were analyzed, along with the organization’s key report – Maritime Forecast to 2050.

Leonidas Karystios, Regional Business Development & Gas Segment Director, presented DNV GL - Greece’s Market share in terms of number of vessels and gross tonnage, demonstrating significant growth over the last four years. In 2016, 711 vessels representing 32.80 million GT were with DNV GL - Greece, at the end of 2019, this had grown to 802 vessels and 41.45 million GT, he noted. The share of newbuilding contracting in the region and specifically in Greece has also been growing, he said, with over 27% of Greek owned vessels contracted to DNV GL classification (23% in terms of GT). Karystios, also highlighted several successful projects and a large increase in the number of vessels already in operation joining DNV GL class in Greece.

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