Det Norske Veritas, earlier known as the DNV GL, is the largest classification society in the world.
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai is a classification society in the shipping industry, also popularly known as ClassNK.
Formed in 1862, the American Bureau Of Shipping (ABS), is a classification society based in America.
LR is a classification society that offers business and other technical services to the marine industry.
Formed in 1956, the China Classification Society is a non-profit organisation based in Beijing, China.
The Korean Register is a classification society formed in 1960 and is headquartered in Busan, South Korea.
RINA, is among the world’s oldest organizations offering ship classification, and technical services.
This classification society is linked with ice ships and deals with icebreaking and resistant technologies in the maritime sector.
It is a non-profit and independent organization formed in 1975 in India, to become a classification society.