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  Classification Societies
 

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) was established to promote the highest standards in ship safety and prevention of marine pollution.  IACS can be reached at:

IACS Secretariat
5 Old Queen Street
London
SW1H 9JA
Telephone: (44-171) 976-0660
Fax: (44-171) 976-0440
www.iacs.org.uk 

The IACS constituent members include the classification societies listed below.  (Included in this list are the addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and clickable web site links.)

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
ABS Plaza
16855 Northchase Drive
Houston, TX  77060  USA
Tel:  1-281-877-6000
www.eagle.org/

Bureau Veritas (BV)
17 bis, Place des Reflets
La Defense 2
92400 Courbevoie
France
(Postal address: Cedex 44-92077
Paris-La-Defense, France)
Tel: +33-1-42 91 52 91
Fax: +33-1-42 91 52 93
Tlx: 615368F BVSMS
www.bureauveritas.com/  

China Classification Society (CCS)
40, Dong Huang Cheng Gen Nan Jie
Beijing 100006
China
Tel: +86-10-6513-6633
Fax: +86-10-6513-0188
Tlx: 210407 ZCBJ CN
www.ccs.org.cn

Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
Veritasveien 1
P.O. Box 300
N-1322 Hovik
Norway
Tel: +47-67 57 99 00
Fax: +47-67 57 99 11
Tlx: 76 192 VERIT N
www.dnf.com/

Germanischer Lloyd (GL)
Vorsetzen 32, 20459 Hamburg
(P.O. Box 11 16 06
20416 Hamburg)
Germany
Tel: +49-40 36 14 90
Fax: +49-40 36 14 9200
Tlx: 212828 GLHH D
www.germanlloyd.de/index.html

Korean Register of Shipping (KRS)
Yusung
P.O. Box 29
Taejon
Korea
Tel: +82-42-862-6001
Fax: +82-42-862-6011
Tlx: KRSHO K45501
www.krs.co.kr/

Lloyd's Register of Shipping (LR)
71 Fenchurch Street
London
EC3M 4BS
England
Tel: +44-71-709-9166
Fax: +44-71-488-4796
Tlx: 888379 LR LON G
www.lr.org/

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK)
4-7 Kioi-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo 102
Japan
Tel: +81-3-3230-1201
Fax: +81-3-3230-3524
Tlx: J22975 CLASSNK
www.classnk.or.jp/

Registro Italiano Navale (RINA)
Via Corsica 12, Genova, Italy
(Postal address: Casella Postale 1195)
D-16100 Genova, Italy
Tel: +39-10 53 851
Fax: +39-10 59 1877
Tlx: 270022 RINAV I
www.rina.it/  

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS)
191186 St. Petersburg
8, Dvortsovaya Nab.
Russian Federation
Tel: +7-812-312-8878
Fax: +7-812-314-1087 or
+7-812-312 8158
Tlx: 121525 RSSU SU
www.rs-head.spb.ru/

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Hrvatski Registar Brodova (CRS)
(Croatian Register of Shipping)
Marasoviceva 67
21000 Split
Croatia
Tel: +385 21 355 933
Fax: +385 21 585 746
Tlx: 26129 HR CROREG
www.crs.hr/

Indian Register of Shipping (IRS)
52 A, Adi Shankaracharya Marg,
Opp. Powai Lake, Powai
Bombay 400 072
India
Tel: +91-22-578 4307
Fax: +91-22-579-3611
www.irclass.org/

For additional information contact Sharon Nielsen:

U.S. Department of Transportation
Maritime Administration
ATTN: Sharon Nielsen 
             Room W21-239 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590

Phone  202-366-1864
Fax       202-366-6988
E-mail 
sharon.nielsen@dot.gov

 

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