Implementing and Enforcing Maritime Law Globally:

An Analysis for Improving Safety

Appendix #2

Below is list of Certification Societies. These organizations certify vessels…

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Bureau Veritas
-Veristar Info

China Classification Society

ClassNK (Japan)

Cyprus Bureau of Shipping

Det Norske Veritas

Germanischer Lloyd

Hellenic Register of Shipping (Sweden)

Korean Register of Shipping

Lloyd's Register of Ships

Polish Register of Shipping

Registro Italiano Navale (RINA)

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

Turk Loydu

International Association of Classification Societies (IACS)
The site provides a list of ships withdrawn from class in the member societies and the International Safety Management (ISM) Code White List of certified ships.