About Us Asian classification societies

Purpose and aims

The purpose and aims of ACS is to promote ship safety at sea and protection of the marine environment and, in cooperation with other partners in the maritime community, to pursue improvement of ACS Members’ performance and their technical contributions to the international maritime community based on their accumulated technical knowledge and expertise.
Each member society will endeavour to promote technical cooperation and enhance communication with the maritime community.

ACS is dedicated to strengthening cooperation between its Member Societies on:

(a)promoting research and development of technology, so as to encourage technical advancement and provide technical services of the highest standard to the maritime community;
(b)providing technical contributions to governmental organizations and the maritime industry for the promotion of ship safety at sea and protection of the marine environment globally, in particular to the Asian maritime community;
(c)continuously improving Members’ performance with respect to ship safety and quality in technical services; and
(d)enhancing communication and dialogue with maritime industry organizations, in particular the Asian maritime industry.

ACS Dedication

In addition to the purpose and aims of ACS, for better understanding of ACS business, the undersigned would like to introduce our business that we are pursuing.

To promote ship safety at sea and protection of marine environment and, in cooperation with other partners in the maritime community, pursue improvement of ACS Members’ performance and their technical contribution to the international maritime community based on their accumulated technical knowledge and expertise,

ACS is dedicated to:

(a)promoting research and development of technology, so as to encourage technical advancement and provide technical services of highest standard to Asian maritime community;
(b)providing technical contribution to Asian governmental organizations and maritime industries for the promotion of ship safety at sea and protection of marine environment globally, in particular to Asian maritime community;
(c)continuously improving Members’ performance with respect to ship safety and quality in technical services; and
(d)enhancing communication and dialogue with maritime industry organizations, in particular Asian maritime industries.

ACS is not an organization which:

(a)Develops any international technical resolutions or rules to apply vessels for international voyage.
(b)Develops documents and guidelines for IMO submission under the name of ACS and any NGOs.

On February 2020

ACS Chair

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