front row; l to r: Anastasios Angelopoulos, Lambros A. Chahalis, Petros Pappas, Themis Papadopoulos, Maria Mavroudi, Paillette Palaiologou; back row: Alexandros Pappas
Bureau Veritas (Cyprus) Ltd welcomed a large number of guests at its inauguration party at its premises in Limassol. Prominent Cypriot ship owners as well as big names of the Greek Shipping Community were present to welcome Bureau Veritas to the neighborhood.
Although the operation of the new Marine Office will commence in January 2016, the opening reception took place on Monday, September 14th, in parallel to the Cyprus Maritime Conference.
Inspectorate, the flagship of the Bureau Veritas Commodities Division will also commence next January the operation of their petrochemical laboratory in the industrial area close to Vasilikos.
Anastasios Angelopoulos, Lambros A. Chahalis, Petros Pappas, Themis Papadopoulos
The lab is equipped with the latest and greatest line of equipment. The initial staff of ten, which is expected to grow to thirty in the near future, will specialize in performing oil analyses & testing.
“Cyprus is a great place for doing shipping business. Bureau Veritas could not be absent from the home of the 3rd largest fleet in Europe comprising 2200 vessels.
Scott Bergeron, CEO of Liberia Registry, Michalis Pantazopoulos, Lambros A. Chahalis, Paillette PalaiologoWe could not be away from the home of the 2nd largest ship management center in the world” commented Lambros A. Chahalis, RCE of Bureau Veritas, who emphasized the productive co-operation with the flag State administration of Cyprus, as regards both the shipping companies statutory certification, as well as a wide spectrum of ISO certification services rendered to domestic industries on a voluntary basis.
About Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services. Created in 1828, the Group has more than 66, 000 employees in around 1, 400 offices and laboratories located all across the globe. Bureau Veritas helps its clients to improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility.
In the maritime field, its missions consist of:
– Classification of ships and offshore units;
– Certification and issuance of statutory certificates;
– Technical assistance and advisory services;
– Training services in the marine technical and regulatory field.
For more information, go to www.bureauveritas.com
