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Service offered by ClassNK include ship classification surveys, statutory surveys, and certification on behalf of Flag States based on international conventions, codes, national statutes, and its own rules and regulations.
A ship classification society or ship classification organisation is a non-governmental organization that establishes and maintains technical standards for the construction and operation of ships and offshore structures. Classification societies certify that the construction of a vessel complies with relevant standards and carry out regular ...
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) is a technically based non-governmental organization that currently consists of twelve member marine classification societies. More than 90% of the world's cargo-carrying ships’ tonnage is covered by the classification standards set by member societies of IACS. [1]
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The load line, also known as Plimsoll line, indicates the legal limit to which a ship may be loaded for specific water types and temperatures in order to safely maintain buoyancy, [1] particularly with regard to the hazard of waves. The load line is a waterline that corresponds to the maximum draft of the ship, thus yet another name, load ...
In European navies, a class is named after the first ship commissioned regardless of when it was ordered or laid down. In some cases this has resulted in different class names being used in European and U.S. references; for example, European sources record the Colorado-class battleships of the United States Navy as the "Maryland class", as USS Maryland was commissioned before USS Colorado.
The classification societies made the rules to delivered certificates and some societies deliver more easily certificates because the owner of a ship has influence. [clarification needed] The IMO is trying to conduct all the surveys and the maintenance. [clarification needed] If the Classification societies are more restrictive the owner can ...
Classification. Appraisal of the design during and after construction; Surveys at the time of construction, entry into class and modifications to ensure that the vessel meets the criteria stipulated by the rules; Issuance of a 'Certificate of Classification' and entering of the vessel's particulars into the society's Register of Ships