The Ship Classifications
The ship classifications is activity aimed toward classifying ship into the certain classes. A ship that already has classifications, required to still implement required survey to take care of class status. The types of the periodic survey are class renewal, annual survey, intermediate survey and docking/bottom survey. In addition survey are propeller shaft survey, boiler, machinery and other specialized surveys in accordance with classification society regulations. classification society will issue survey status and informed to the ship owner. A classification society could even be a non-governmental organization that established and maintains technical standards for the event and operation ships and offshore structures.
Ship classification conducted supported the understanding that a ship loaded, operated and treated with the proper way by a competent and certificated crew.The ship owner susceptible to confirm that vessel maintenance carried during a right manner until next periodic survey in accordance with requirements. The ship owner or their representatives also obliged to tell class surveyors when conducting a survey on ships, All events and condition which affect against class status.
Some of the classification society associated forming a world association called IACS ( International Association Classification Society ) that's one technically committee members of IMO. A member of IACS at this point is:
Lloyd' s Register of Shipping ( LRS ) stand 1760 London, England
Bureau Veritas ( BV ) stand 1828 in Paris, France
Registro Italiano Navale ( RINA ) stand 1861 in Genoa, Italy
American bureau of shipping ( ABS ) stand 1862 in Houston, United State
Det Norske Veritas ( DNV ) stand 1864 in Oslo , Norway
Germanischer Lloyd ( GL ) stand 1867 in Hamburg, Germany
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai ( NKK ) stand 1899 in Tokyo, Japan
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (Российский морской регистр судоходства ) stand 1913 in st Petersburg , Russia
China Classification Society ( CCS ) stand 1956 in Beijing, China
Korean Register of Shipping ( KR ) substitute Daejeon 1960 , South Korea
classification society IACS members have a typical system procedure in basic pattern things as surveyors training, a ethics code and do numerous things especially as regards procedure . To ensure system areapplied consistently by each members and IACS conduct audits a minimum of once per annum for each members.
Besides that more classification society in other countries off IACS organization, among other:
Hellenic Register of Shipping (HRS) substitute 1919 Pireus, Greek
Indian Register of shipping * ( IRS ) stand 1975 in Mumbai, India
Polish Register of Shipping (PRS) substitute 1936 di Gdańsk, Poland
Croatian Register of Shipping (CRS) substitute 1949 di Split, Croatia
Biro Klasifikasi Indonesia (BKI) stand in 1964 di Jakarta, Indonesia
Registro Internacional Naval (RINAVE) substitute 1973 di Paris, Perancis
Brazilian Register of Shipping (RBNA) substitute 1982 di Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
International Register of Shipping (IROS) in 1993 di Miami, Amerika Serikat
Iranian Classification Society (ICS) in 2007 di Tehran, Iran
Note: * associated member of IACS 👌
