Classification Societies - List of Classification Societies

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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