AUTHORISED ENTITIES

Recognized Organizations

IMMARBE has delegated authority to leading classification societies and other surveying organizations to perform marine surveys and issue the relevant certificates required by National and International Conventions. The delegation of authority is guided by IMO Resolution A.739(18) which lists the requirements to be fulfilled by the Flag Administration and for the organizations acting on its behalf.

Owners of vessels flying the Belize flag are entitled to enter into a private agreement with the organization of their choice for the marine surveys and issuance of the certificates, provided that the selected company is authorized to act on behalf of IMMARBE.

Authorization has been granted by IMMARBE to the following organizations:

IACS

• American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
• Bureau Veritas (BV)
• China Classification Society (CCS)
• Det Norske Veritas(DNV)
• Germanischer Lloyd (GL)
• Indian Register of Shipping (IRS)
• Korean Register of Shipping (KRS)
• Lloyds Register of Shipping (LR)
• Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class NK)
• Registro Italiano Navale (RINA)
• Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS)

NON-IACS

• China Corporation Register of Shipping (CRS)
• Global Shipping Class, Inc. (GSC)
• Intermaritime Certification Services (ICS Class)
• International Naval Surveys Bureau (INSB)
• Isthmus Bureau of Shipping (IBS)
• Maritime Technical System & Services Limited (MTSS)
• National Shipping Adjusters, Inc. (NASHA)
• Panama Bureau of Shipping (PBS)
• Panama Maritime Documentation Services (PMDS)
• Universal Maritime Bureau CO., LTD. (U.M.B.)
• Universal Shipping Bureau Inc. (USB)

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