IACS Member

International Association of Classification Societies (IACS)

List of classification societies

Sources from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_society#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 суднплавства України)	RU (РУ)	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
Venezuelan Register of Shipping	VRS	2008	London	No