The Union of Comoros Maritime Administration has delegated the statutory and certification services only to the worldwide recognized Classification Societies members to :
- The International Association of Classification Societies
(known as IACS) - The International Association of Technical Survey and Classification Institutions (known as TSCI)
Thus ensuring the efficient and effective technical inspections of the Comoros flagged vessels in line with the applicable safety regulations.
More specifically, the classification societies recognized according to the State’s Merchant Shipping Act 2001, are:
- American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
- Bulgarian Register of Shipping (BRS)
- Bureau Veritas (BV)
- China Classification Society (CCS)
- Croatian Register of Shipping (CRS)
- DNV-GL
- Indian Register of Shipping (IRS)
- International Naval Surveys Bureau (INSB)
- Korean Register of Shipping (KRS)
- Lloyd’s Register (LR)
- Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK)
- Phoenix Register of Shipping (PHRS)
- Polski Rejestr Statkow (PRS)
- RINA Services S.P.A. (RINA)
- Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS)
- Shipping Register of Ukraine (SRU)
- Veritas Register of Shipping (VRS)
- Dromon Bureau of Shipping (DBS)
- International Register of Shipping (IRS)
- Universal Register of Shipping (URS)
- Hellas Naval Bureau of Shipping (HNBS)