Today, Bureau Veritas is a diversified group, providing industry-leading testing, inspection and certification services across most industries and sectors. Maritime safety remains central to our business: we are one of the world’s leading classification societies and offshore risk and verification bodies.

Today, more than 11,000 ships worldwide sail under Bureau Veritas class. We hold leading positions in segments where innovation is the norm – in tugs, LNG carriers and cruise ships as well as vessels using LNG as fuel. We are classing a series of four megaships for MSC Cruises (2017-2020), and, from 2020, the first LNG-fueled ships in MSC Cruise’s World Class series.

Over the past 130 years, we have accompanied every innovation in tankers. In the 1970s, we classed the first asphalt carrier. We developed advanced tools and strength calculations to accommodate ever-larger tankers, and notations to keep vessels safe and compliant in Arctic waters. Today, we offer leading expertise in supporting the construction of FPSOs, as well as the conversion of VLCCs and smaller tankers to floaters.
Our Veristar AIM3D digital twin model enables us to track the condition of these offshore assets throughout their life.

Today, as Arctic sea routes open up, Bureau Veritas offers a range of notations for merchant and passenger ships plying icy waters. These include a dedicated Icebreaker notation used for the 15 LNG carriers that will serve Yamal LNG in Russia’s Arctic; and the world’s first icebreaking cruise ship ordered by Ponant.

Control of material quality and supply chain assurance is a pillar of risk management for shipowners. Approval of materials is an important classification function. Bureau Veritas offers a range of digital tools to help owners select suppliers. We also perform supplier verification for external ecommerce platforms.

Today’s LNG mega-projects require new solutions to transport gas from production sites to customers around the world. We are the classification society for Ichthys LNG, at 182,000M3, the vessel’s Moss-type cargo tank capacity is the largest of any LNG carrier worldwide.

Bureau Veritas is playing a key role in global LNG supply chains, thanks to our dedicated rules and expertise gained in flagship projects. These include the MOL FSRU Challenger, the largest FSRU to date at 263,000m3. We also classed the first ever LNG bunkering vessel, the ENGIE Zeebrugge.