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List of Organizations & institutions

Maritime bodies, institutions, and classification organizations.

4 entries

1. Baltic Exchange

   The London institution whose freight-market indices — led by the Baltic Dry Index — benchmark world shipping.

2. Classification societies

   The private technical institutions — DNV, Lloyd's Register, ABS and their peers — that set and verify the standards ships are built and maintained to.

3. Classification society

   An organization that sets technical standards for ship construction and maintenance and surveys ships against them.

4. International Maritime Organization

   The United Nations specialized agency responsible for the safety, security, and environmental performance of international shipping.