eingeführt in den 1870er Jahren
- GL = Germanischer Lloyd
- AB = American Bureau of Shipping
- IR = Indian Register of Shipping
- LR = Lloyd’s Register of Shipping
- BV = Bureau Veritas
- NK = Nippon Kaiji Kyōkai
- KR = Korean Register
- NV = Det Norske Veritas
- RI = Registro Italiano Navale
- VL = DNV GL