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5 Classification Society Terms You Need to Understand Now

Written by Capt Rajeev Jassal on June 6, 2017
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ship classification society Classification society !!! It is something that no ship can sail without. Drydocks surveys, statutory surveys, ship building, ship repairs, ISM, ISPS surveys. You will deal with Classification Society of the ship during all these and more. If the classification society is so much connected with the ship, doesn't it make necessary for us to know everything about how it works? In this post, we will discuss 5 terms related to the classification society of the ship. Let us get started. 1. Class notations When a master or chief engineer joins the vessel, this is one of the first things that they must look at. The class notations of the vessel. Where can we find the class notations and what are these for? Class notations are mentioned in the "certificate of class" of the vessel. These notations are the symbols that signify the standards to which the ship is built. For example, we want to know if the ship is constructed and strengthened to navigate ice areas. Where can we find this information? We can look at the class notations in the certificate of class. certificate of class We want to know if the ship is built for the UMS operation. Where ca...

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Comments (22)

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  • Anant Batra June 25, 2017
    Good day sir, is there any difference between COC and Recommendation
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  • Aruna Liyanage July 6, 2017
    Great blog. You have explained some difficult to understand areas in simple words and examples which are very informative. I had some doubts in this topic and most of them got cleared. Can you please mention where I can find class requirements and flag state requirements on board? Is there any file or document?
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    Rajeev Jassal July 6, 2017
    I hope this would help. Where can I find class requirements onboard?

  • Abhishek Singh October 23, 2017
    Sir in case of Condition of class, Is original class certificate is being replaced by condition of class by class surveyor or it is given in addition to the class certificate??
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    Rajeev Jassal November 17, 2017
    No.. even with condition of class, class certificate remains valid. As the name suggests the class certificate is valid but with a condition. Condition can be something like “dent on port side need to be repaired within 14 days”

  • Sulaiman Malek May 19, 2018
    I am working at Khafji Joint Operation in Saudi Arabia. We have several vessels owned by the company. These vessels are certified by ABS. The certification will be expired soon and we need to renew it. If we approached other societies than ABS, is there any potential that we need to modify the vessels to match other societies criteria.
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    Rajeev Jassal May 19, 2018
    ABS is the member of IACS which sets the common standards for all the classification societies that are members of IACS. So if you need to change the class of the ships that are already classed with ABS, most likely the ships already comply with the requirements of the new classification society that you would choose. So there would most likely be no need to modify the vessel in any way.

  • Ishant singh July 19, 2018
    Sir I read your blog very nice . Cleared my most of doubts . Sir I want to now about the difference between dispensation given by flag and condition of class
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  • John Regan Delos Santos December 26, 2018
    Hi sir, can you explain what is recommendation of class. Does it differ from the condition of class and memoranda? thanks in advance!
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  • ALLI December 29, 2018
    i like you posts please i would like to get all for my knowledge thanks
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  • Om Chatterjee January 9, 2019
    Sir, thank you very much for such an informative article. I still have a doubt regarding the Certificate of Class. My question is that what all surveys are required actually for the Certificate of Class? Is it only intermediate and renewal survey ? Or do we need to undergo annuals as well. Sir, kindly clarify my doubt.
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  • Mahbob bin Shahril April 13, 2019
    Interesting topic sir.. i would like to seek opinion from all marine community here on what is class items and what can be consider as not class items. As for example if we are going to install a new machinery onboard for example a welding machine it is class required to be made known. Perhaps most of us might have the impression yes since it is going to be some wiring modification needed etc however some might say the other way round. Therefore it boils back to either it is a class related or not .. looking forward for some brief explanation. Thank you mariners where ever you are ..
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  • Rohan April 13, 2019
    Is Outstanding recommendations in NKK same as condition of class
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  • Andrei Drozd June 5, 2019
    Great blog. You have explained some difficult to understand in simple words and examples which are very informative. Thanks
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  • Glenn A. Juezan August 4, 2019
    This was very informative sir. But please tell me sir, what is the difference between dispensation letter and the mentioned condition of class. I thanked you already sir.
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  • Amar anand July 15, 2020
    nice blog sir
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  • zaw phone mo February 17, 2021
    This is very informative to me Sir.Understand clearly about Memorandum and Condition of class as you explain in simple words.Thank you very much indeed Sir.
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  • GAMMA Marine March 11, 2021
    Thank you for providing such great information. Please find the details below for uk class 2 coc
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  • HOANG April 8, 2021
    Dear sir, Pls kindly help me to define herwith: A1, AH, Offshore support vessel (FFV 1, OSR-C1, Supply-HNLS), TOW, AMS, DPS-2 Looking fwd return wz thanks HOANG (Mr)
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  • Hardeepak Sandhu June 2, 2022
    Could you please tell the difference between Condition of Class and Class Dispensation? Thank you in advance.
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  • Gentle boy June 9, 2022
    Port To Port Distance
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    Gentle Boy June 9, 2022
    Please keep a button to delete comment. so that a person can delete his comment if he wants

Capt Rajeev Jassal

About Capt Rajeev Jassal

Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.

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