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3.3 Classification society - a major role in safety culture
Class has been working towards safety at sea and environmental protection for many years. For half a
century, class has been widely recognized by the international maritime world for being
internationalized, impartial and authoritative. Class nowadays is providing service for the maritime
industry with its technical expertise in the following aspects:

Continuously improving rules and regulations in response to the development of ship & offshore
installation design. Class rules reflect the most advanced technologies and researches. For the recent
ten years, direct calculation and software adopted by class has contributed to solving the problem of
increasing ship size, which is recognized by the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress
(ISSC). Class is also making efforts to increase transparency in its technical services.
Class has started to incorporate its services into risk management recently and become a technology
producer rather than a mere technology verifier. Awareness of service provider has been enhanced.
Through IMO ISM Code audit and certification, class is playing a significant role in promoting the