Greek Flag accepts Germanischer Lloyd dry docking programme

To assure the highest levels of quality and safety, only container, general cargo and multi-purpose dry cargo vessels meeting GL’s entry requirements are allowed into the programme. All ships must have a GL-approved planned maintenance system for the hull (e.g. GL HullManager) as well as for machinery. In addition, the ship must be fitted with a shaft bearing and sealing system of approved design with implementation of regular monitoring procedures.

For newbuildings, the hull dry film thickness must be a minimum of 300µm, excluding anti-fouling, and the ship must be fitted with anodes prepared for seven-and-a-half-years and/or have an impressed current system installed and maintained. For fleet in service ships, ballast water tanks must maintain a “good” condition according to IACS Rec. 87, and the vessel must be free of any condition of class concerning underwater parts.

In all cases, GL reserves the right to suspend the programme at any time if it is determined that an out-of-water inspection is necessary. In addition, this new scheme only works together with owner, flag state and class. In the case of a change in owner or flag, the EDD approval may be waved and a dry-docking is immediately due/required.