Societies
| Initial | Trade Name | Site |
|---|---|---|
| SNAK | Society of Naval Architects of Korea, Korea | http://www.snak.or.kr/ |
| KSOE | The Korean Society of Ocean Engineers, Korea | http://ksoe.or.kr/ |
| KSMPE | The Korean Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Korea | http://www.ksmpe.or.kr |
| KSCFE | The Korean Society of Computational Fluids Engineering, Korea | http://www.kscfe.or.kr/ |
| KOSMEE | The Korean Society for Marine Environmental Engineering, Korea | http://www.kosmee.or.kr/ |
| SNAME | Society of Naval Architects &Marine Engineers, USA | http://www.sname.org/ |
| ASME | The American Society of Naval Engineers, USA | http://www.asme.org/ |
| OOAE | The Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, USA | http://www.ooae.org/ |
| ITTC | The International Towing Tank Conference, USA | http://ittc.sname.org/ |
| JASNAOE | The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers, Japan | http://www.jasnaoe.or.jp/ |
| JSMST | Japan Society for Marine Surveys and Technology, Japan | http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsmst/ |
| AMSTEC | Advanced Marine Science and Technology Society, Japan | http://amstec.jp/ |
| RINA | The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, UK | http://www.rina.org.uk/ |
| SSA | Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers Association, UK | http://www.ssa.org.uk/ |
| BMT | British Maritime Technology Limited, UK | http://www.bmt.org/ |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization, UN | http://www.imo.org/ |
Classifications
| Initial | Trade Name | Site |
|---|---|---|
| IACS | International Association of Classification Societies | http://www.iacs.org.uk/ |
| KR | Korea Register of Shipping | http://www.krs.co.kr/ |
| LR | Lloyd's Register | http://www.lr.org/ |
| ABS | American Bureau of Shipping | http://www.eagle.org/ |
| BV | Bureau Veritas | http://www.bureauveritas.com/ |
| GL | Germanischer Lloyd | http://www.gl-group.com/ |
| NK | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai | http://www.classnk.or.jp/ |
| RI | Registro Italiano Novale | http://www.rina.org/ |
| RS | USSR Register of Shipping | http://www.rs-head.spb.ru/ |
| PRS | Polski Register Statkow | http://www.prs.pl/ |
| CCS | China Classification Society | http://www.ccs.org.cn/ |