classification societies

The world’s largest classification society, ClassNK, announced Friday that it has been granted expanded authorization from the United States Coast Guard

By Jonathan Saul LONDON – Western sanctions imposed over the past months against Iran’s shipping industry will seriously affect

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Western pressure that forced foreign ship classifiers out of Iran has increased safety risks, including the

The maritime transport of nickel ore is no easy task. Nickel ore cargoes can liquefy during transport, drastically impairing the ship’s stability and

ClassNK Chairman and President, Noboru Ueda, announced Monday the opening of three new offices outside of Japan bringing the total number of overseas ClassNK

The Korean Register of Shipping has become the latest and last remaining major classification society that has promised to stop certifying Iranian ships,

With more than 200 million registered gross tons, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, perhaps better known as ClassNK, is the world’s largest classification society and

The Bureau Veritas classed fleet has grown past the 10,000 mark, the international classification society said Tuesday. In a statement Bureau Veritas said

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Wednesday upheld the original ruling that the government of Spain cannot hold Houston-based American Bureau

International classification society Bureau Veritas has put in place a completely new IT-based certification and ship status system aimed at reducing the

After hearing about the release this week by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) of the draft IACS harmonised Common Structural

Ship classification society Germanischer Lloyd has reportedly stopped verifying safety and environmental standards for ship’s belonging to Iran’s

U.S.-based pressure group against Iran’s nuclear ambitions, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), on Thursday called on classification society Germanischer

French classification society Bureau Veritas has halted its marine work in Iran, pledging to end its certification of Iranian vessels, specifically those of

LONDON – Tokyo-based ship classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, better known as ClassNK, officially announced that its register had surged past

(Washington, DC—) ABS celebrated its 150th anniversary in Washington, DC on January 31 and was recognized by Members of Congress for the classification

Damen Services, part of Damen Shipyards Group, announces that its Damen Asset Management Operating System (DAMOS) has been independently approved by

The following is a response to a recently published article here on gCaptain titled “ABS Chief: Class Societies and Ship Design Do Not Mix” where

Development of in-house ‘green ship’ designs by class societies risks creating conflict of interest with their core safety role. (Houston,

U.S. classification society ABS has laid out initial plans for strengthening its ties to the Korean maritime industry, announcing today the society will be