ClassNK announces record 2014

Over the course of the year, 833 new vessels with a combined 21,466,272gt joined its register, marking the fourth straight year that it registered over 20 million in new tonnage.
ClassNK’s growth in 2014 comes in spite of a global downturn in the market, which has seen newbuilding deliveries fall by an estimated 15%, according to Clarkson Research Services. Led by continued strength in the newbuilding markets, ClassNK registered a total of 548 newbuildings with a combined total of over 16 million gross tonnes, or more than 25% of all newly built tonnage in 2014, based on Clarkson’s figures.
Growth was also driven by transfers from other societies, which reached a record 285 vessels in 2014, including ClassNK’s first US- and German-flagged vessels.
At the end of December 2014, ClassNK had a total of 8,872 vessels on its register with a combined total of 232,871,435 gt.