Virtual Marine Arsenal

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1862 for ship classification.

Founded in 1828, Bureau Veritas provides testing, inspection and certification (TIC) services.

DNV-GL provides ship classification services. It is a new formation of Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd.

KR (known as Korean Register) established in 1960 as a not-for-profit ship classification society and became a member of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) in 1988.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation is dedicated to research and education in science and engineering and founded in 1760 as a marine classification society.

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, known as ClassNK or NK, is a ship classification society engaged in ship related activities and services aimed at contributing to promoting the protection of human life and property at sea as well as protection of the marine environment.

RINA Services S.p.A. is the operational arm of RINA​, developing and offering services of ships classification, certification, verification of conformity, inspection and testing.