In the first three months of the 2013 revenues of the society of classification and Bureau Veritas certification they have grown of 7.2%



In the first three months of the 2013 French society of classification and certification Bureau Veritas (BV) it has recorded an increase of 7.2% of the attested revenues to 930,6 million euros regarding 868,3 million euros in the first trimester last year. The organic rate of growth has been of +4.8%, while the increase of the revenues deriving from the new acquisitions has been of +5.5% (the effect on the revenues of the cessions has been of the -1,1% and that of the monetary changes of the -2,0%).

"In the first trimester - the managing director of Bureau Veritas has explained, Didier Michaud-Daniel - the difficult economic context in Europe, so as the volatility of the prices of the metals and the still low volumes in the shipbuilding has weighed on our activities Marine and Commodities. Vice versa the activities Industry, Products Consumer, Government Services & International Trade and Certification have recorded optimal performances on the wake of those of 2012. The organic increase of the group has been attested to 4.8%, while the total increase is pairs to 10.3% to constant changes and before the dismissioni". Michaud-Daniel has specified that "in 2013 Bureau Veritas previews to achieve consisting turned out online with the fixed objectives in strategic plan BV2015. In the 2013 - it has explained - organic increase it would have to turn out slightly beneath of the range 6-8%. The priority is that to concentrate itself on the profit".

In the first Marine trimester of the 2013 single division of the French group it has totaled revenues for 69,0 million euros (of which 57% generated from the inspecting activities and 43% from the segment of the new constructions), with a progression of 1.5% on the same period last year. Al 31 March 2013 the consistency of the fleet in class BV is gone up to 92,9 million tons of tonnage (+3.6%). The orderbook, pairs to 15,2 million the tons of tonnage, instead are diminished of 27% regarding the end of the first trimester of 2012, while the new orders are increased of 81% attesting itself 1,5 million to tons of tonnage.

The French group previews that in the 2013 division Marine it would have to increase the revenues generated from the segment of the service activities, while increments of the volume of transactions are not attended deriving from the new constructions before 2014.