Final register statistics for 2011

The classification society ClassNK has announced its final register statistics for 2011, revealing that almost 23 million gross tonnes were added to its register in the past year. The announcement came following a meeting of the society’s classification committee, which confirmed that 781 vessels totalling 22,666,948 gross tonnes were added to the ClassNK register during 2011. This number substantially improves upon the record set by the society for new registrations in 2010 by 3,016,462 gross tonnes.

The ClassNK classification committee also certified that the society had a total of 7,688 vessels totaling 194,540,871 gross tonnes on its register at the end of 2011. This represents a net increase of more than 15 million (15,062,787) gt, or an increase of more than 8% compared with the society’s figures for 2010.