This is in part related to legal liability of the classification society.

It is a similar position that the classification societies take with regard to safety at sea.

The certificates given by the classification societies are valid for five years.

Would sanctions not be appropriate, as the Commissioner stated, for the classification society?

The reason for forming a German classification society was to achieve transparency.

We clearly cannot allow that to happen, and classification societies, in particular, are currently facing major demands.

As of September 2011, its members are the thirteen largest marine classification societies in the world.

Merchant ships are almost always classed by a classification society.

The inspection of inspectors, or classification societies, will be much more rigorous.

In my opinion, the approval and scrutiny of classification societies must be tightened up.