List of Classification Societies
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| Name | Abbreviation | Date | Head office | IACS member? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd's Register | LR | 1760 | London | Yes |
| Bureau Veritas | BV | 1828 | Paris | Yes |
| Registro Italiano Navale | RINA | 1861 | Genoa | Yes |
| American Bureau of Shipping | ABS | 1862 | Houston | Yes |
| Det Norske Veritas | DNV | 1864 | Oslo | Yes |
| Germanischer Lloyd | GL | 1867 | Hamburg | Yes |
| Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) | NKK | 1899 | Tokyo | Yes |
| Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (Российский морской регистр судоходства) |
RS | 1913 | Saint Petersburg | Yes |
| Hellenic Register of Shipping | HR | 1919 | Piraeus | No |
| Overseas Marine Certification Services | OMCS | 2004 | Panama | No |
| Polish Register of Shipping (Polski Rejestr Statków) |
PRS | 1936 | Gdansk | Yes |
| Croatian Register of Shipping (Hrvatski Registar Brodova) |
CRS | 1949 | Split | Yes |
| Bulgarian Register of Shipping (Български Корабен Регистър) |
BRS (БКР) | 1950 | Varna | No |
| China Corporation Register of Shipping | CR | 1951 | Taipei | No |
| China Classification Society | CCS | 1956 | Beijing | Yes |
| Korean Register of Shipping | KR | 1960 | Daejeon | Yes |
| Turk Loydu | TL | 1962 | Istanbul | No |
| Biro Klasifikasi Indonesia | BKI | 1964 | Jakarta | No |
| Registro Internacional Naval | RINAVE | 1973 | Lisbon | No |
| Indian Register of Shipping | IRS | 1975 | Mumbai | Yes |
| International Naval Surveys Bureau | INSB | 1977 | Piraeus | No |
| Asia Classification Society | ACS | 1980 | Tehran | No |
| Brazilian Register of Shipping (Registro Brasileiro de Navios) |
RBNA | 1982 | Rio de Janeiro | No |
| International Register of Shipping | IROS | 1993 | Miami | No |
| Ships Classification Malaysia | SCM | 1994 | Shah Alam | No |
| Isthmus Bureau of Shipping | IBS | 1995 | Panama | No |
| Guardian Bureau of Shipping | GBS | 1996 | Syria | No |
| Shipping Register of Ukraine (Регістр судноплавства України) |
RU | 1998 | Kyiv | No |
| Dromon Bureau of Shipping | DBS | 2003 | Limassol | No |
| Intermaritime Certification Services | ICS Class | 2005 | Panama | No |
| Iranian Classification Society | ICS | 2007 | Tehran | No |
| Register of Shipping Albania (Regjistri Detar Shqiptar) |
ARS | 1970 | Durres | No |
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