The classed fleet of international classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has grown to 10,055 vessels totalling 93.4m gt. 1790 inland water vessels are classed with BV. The growth comes from newbuilds as well as ships that are already in service.
Bureau Veritas is the second largest classification society in the world by number of vessels classified and has around twenty per cent of the world newbuilding order book by vessel numbers. Its fleet is made up of 38.1 per cent bulk carriers, 18.7 per cent tankers, 12.8 per cent containerships, 7.9 per cent cargo ships, 7.4 per cent gas carriers, 4.5 per cent passenger vessels, 2.6 per cent offshore units and 8 per cent other ships.
