"From its foundation in 1864 as a society to inspect and classify Norwegian merchant ships, DNV has grown into one of the world's largest organisations for inspection, certification and verification services. This book recounts its history from the earliest years to the present day, with particular emphasis on the past four decades. Building Trust analyses how DNV maritime activities were internationalised as part of the globalisation of world trade, and how diversification accelerated rapidly after Norway's offshore industry took off in the 1970s. A detailed account is given of how DNV developed its services in a complex interaction with markets, governments and international organisations regulating technological risk. The book concludes with an account of the merger of DNV and Germanischer Lloyd in 2013 to create the present DNV GL Group, which has about 17,000 employees and is active in more than 100 countries worldwide."--Provided by the publisher.