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IACS – New Governance Model Adopted IACS Council Adopts New Governance Model As Part Of A Long-term Strategy To Future-Proof The Association By Enhancing Its Ability To Engage Widely, Consistently…

Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) marks 10 years of IACS membership This year, the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) marks 10 years of full membership of the International Association of…

Council 81 Meets and Elects New IACS Chair IACS Council meets virtually to drive forward progress on a range of technical initiatives and elects Mr Koichi Fujiwara of ClassNK as…

Korean Register celebrates its 60th anniversary The Korean Register (KR), an IACS member classification society celebrates its 60th anniversary on 20 June 2020. To mark the occasion KR has held…

IACS 2019 Annual Review Published IACS is pleased to announce that the 2019 IACS Annual Review is now available to download from our website at http://www.iacs.org.uk/about/iacs-annual-review/ This year’s Annual Review contains…

IACS Launches Single Standalone Recommendation On Cyber Resilience IACS is pleased to announce the publication of its Recommendation on Cyber Resilience (No. 166).  This single, standalone Recommendation consolidates IACS’ previous…

ClassNK releases new PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) software Tokyo – ClassNK has just released the latest version of its design support software PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) Ver.7.0.0, developed in response to the IACS Common…

  IACS 2020 Blue Book Launched The International Association of Classification Societies is pleased to announce the release of the January 2020 edition of the IACS Blue Book and the…

IACS Council 80 IACS Council welcomes substantial progress made on Cyber and IQARB and says farewell to its long-standing Accredited Representative to IMO. The IACS Council held its 80th session (C80)…

IMarEST-led effort to develop marine surveyor apprenticeship wins UK government approval An industry-backed initiative led by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) to develop a four-year degree-level…

Tripartite Forum: Shipping Industry meets in Tokyo Over 90 representatives from ship builders, ship owners and classification societies met in Tokyo on the 17th and 18th October at the 2019…

Dry and Wet Markets in the red amid perplexed Geopolitics… The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost eight points since yesterday and now stands at 1,855 points; on a weekly basis…

Indian Register of Shipping takes over Chairmanship of IACS London, 5th September 2019 – Arun Sharma, Executive Chairman of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has been formally introduced as the…

Joint Industry Guidance on the supply and use of 0.50% – sulphur marine fuel A number of shipping, refining, fuel supply and standards organisations have worked together to produce Joint…

IACS: Outcome of Council C79 Meeting IACS Council reaffirms its commitment to meet the challenges posed by new technologies and regulations; reinforcing Quality operations to be the focus of new…

IACS 2018 Annual Review published today We are pleased to announce to our viewers that the 2018 IACS Annual Review is now available to download from IACS’s website at:  www.iacs.org.uk/about/iacs-annual-review-2018  …

  Mr. Arun Sharma, Executive Chairman, IRClass Meets with IMO Secretary General During a recent trip to London, Mr. Arun Sharma, Executive Chairman of leading classification society Indian Register of…

MV STELLAR DAISY Further to recent media reports, Korean Register can confirm that following the Republic of Korea court hearing on 24 January, the court rejected a request for an…

 NSC Group has signed an agreement with Korean Register (KR) for the IACS (International Association of Classification Societies) classification society to provide IHM (Inventory of Hazardous Materials) services across the NSC Group’s fleet…

IACS COUNCIL FOCUSES ON CHALLENGES OF CYBER SAFETY AND GHG EMISSIONS WHILE FURTHER STRENGTHENING QUALITY OPERATIONS The IACS Council held its 78th session (C78) in London last week where Cyber Safety,…

Korean Register (KR) – an IACS member classification society – has released the latest version of SeaTrust-LS, its container securing strength assessment software. SeaTrust-LS has been significantly enhanced by incorporating…

IACS recommendations result from extensive collaboration across industry and provide much needed guidance on how to develop and maintain the cyber integrity of vessels. IACS has today published 9 (nine) of…

Enhanced software facilitates IACS compliance for latest CSR requirements 15 August 2018 – Common Structural Rules Software LLC, a joint venture company formed by Lloyd’s Register (LR) and ABS, has released…

IACS AWARDED SEATRADE’S ANNIVERSARY AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF 50 YEARS’ DEDICATED SERVICE TO SAFETY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SUPPORT OF THE IMO IACS was honoured and delighted to receive the Industry…

Tokyo – Leading classification society ClassNK has announced that it released amendments to its Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships on 29 June 2018. ClassNK is constantly revising its…