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In the first trimester of the 2012 revenues of the Bureau Veritas group they are increased of 12.0%
In the naval field a bending of 1.0% is recorded
May 4, 2012
In the first trimester of this year the revenues of the society of classification and certification Bureau Veritas (BV) are increased of 12.0% attesting itself to 868,3 million euros regarding 775,0 million euros in the first three months of 2011.
The single division Marine of the group has totaled revenues for 76,3 million euros (- 1.0%). The bending is determined by the decrease of the revenues totaled in the field of the new shipbuilding, that it represents 51% of the volume of transactions of the division. In the first three months of the 2012 group it has confiscated new relative orders to 221 ships for a total of 840 thousand tons of tonnage regarding 179 ships for 1,7 million tsl in the first trimester last year. Al 31 last March the orderbook relative to the new constructions had a consistency of 20,8 million tons of tonnage regarding 22,3 million tsl on December 31, 2011 and to 27,5 million tsl on March 31, 2011. Al 31 last March the fleet in Bureau Veritas class was constituted by 9.992 ships for a total of 89,7 million tons of tonnage regarding 9.579 ships for 78,6 million tsl on March 31, 2011. For entire the 2012 French group it previews an ulterior decrease of the turnover in the field of the new constructions and a modest increase in the activities in-service.
"At the beginning of this year - the managing director of BV, Didier Michaud-Daniel has commented - the forecasts for the 2012 are positive and, at less than an ulterior deterioration of the current economic forecasts, the group would have to achieve a remarkable increase of the revenues, is in terms of organic increase that through acquisitions, and an operating profit adjusted online with the fixed objectives in strategic plan BV2015".
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