World Classification Society |
Name
|
Abbr
|
Date
|
Head office
|
IACS
|
EMSA
|
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
|
LR
|
1760
|
London
|
x
|
x
|
Bureau Veritas
|
BV
|
1828
|
Paris
|
x
|
x
|
Registro Italiano Navale
|
RINA
|
1861
|
Genova
|
x
|
x
|
American Bureau of Shipping
|
ABS
|
1862
|
Houston
|
x
|
x
|
Det Norske Veritas
|
DNV
|
1864
|
Oslo
|
x
|
x
|
Germanischer Lloyd
|
GL
|
1867
|
Hamburg
|
x
|
x
|
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
|
NKK
|
1899
|
Tokyo
|
x
|
x
|
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping
|
RS
|
1913
|
Sankt Petersburg
|
x
|
x
|
Hellenic Register of Shipping
|
HR
|
1919
|
Piraeus
|
-
|
x
|
Polish Register of Shipping
|
PRS
|
1936
|
Gdańsk
|
-
|
x
|
Croatian Register of Shipping
|
CRS
|
1949
|
Split
|
-
|
-
|
China Corporation Register of Shipping
|
CR
|
1951
|
Taipei
|
-
|
-
|
China Classification Society
|
CCS
|
1956
|
Beijing
|
x
|
x
|
Korean Register of Shipping
|
KR
|
1960
|
Daejeon
|
x
|
x
|
Biro Klasifikasi Indonesia
|
BKI
|
1964
|
Jakarta
|
-
|
-
|
Registo Internacional Naval
|
RINAVE
|
1973
|
Lisbon
|
-
|
x
|
Indian Register of Shipping
|
IRS
|
1975
|
Mumbai
|
x
|
-
|
International Naval Surveys Bureau
|
INSB
|
1977
|
Piraeus
|
-
|
-
|
Asia Classification Society
|
ACS
|
1980
|
Tehran
|
-
|
-
|
Brazilian Register of Shipping
|
RBNA
|
1982
|
Rio de Janeiro
|
-
|
-
|
International Register of Shipping
|
IROS
|
1993
|
Miami
|
-
|
-
|
Ships Classification Malaysia
|
SCM
|
1994
|
Shah Alam
|
-
|
-
|
Iranian Classification Society
|
ICS
|
2007
|
Tehran
|
-
|
-
|