>Press Releases Home > Publications and press releases > Press Releases Additional classification society authorised to conduct statutory surveys The Director of Marine, Mr Tsui Shung-yiu, today (February 4) signed an agreement with the Korean Register of Shipping (KR), formally authorising the classification society to provide statutory survey and certification services for Hong Kong registered ships on behalf of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG). These statutory services included the survey and certification works covered in various international conventions, such as the International Safety Management Code. KR is the eighth classification society authorised by the Marine Department to carry out such services. The other seven classification societies authorised earlier are the American Bureau of Shipping(ABS), Bureau Veritas(BV), China Classification Society(CLS), Det Norske Veritas(DNV), Germanischer Lloyd(GL), Lloyd's Register of Shipping (LR)and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai(NKK). Speaking at the signing ceremony, Mr Tsui said: " The agreement signifies the Government's move to enhance quality ship verification and certification services by introducing market competitions. "This additional class will provide shipowners with more choices to cater for their needs," Mr Tsui added. KR is a non-profit ship classification society established in 1960 in Korea. With its quality services, it has grown rapidly along with Korea's shipbuilding and shipping industries and become a member of the International Association of Classification Societies since 1988. Providing services to more than 2,000 ships totaling more than 20 million gross tonnage on its register, KR operates 38 exclusive offices and 22 non-exclusive stations at the major ports around the world. KR has been vested with the authority of carrying out statutory survey and certification services for 38 governments, including the HKSARG. Monday, February 4, 2002
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