The French Society 'The Bureau Veritas', also has a BritishCommittee. Each society also keeps and publishes a 'Register Book',in which all the important particulars of each ship are faithfully and accuratelyrecorded.īritish classification societies-The British Society is 'Lloyd's Registerof Shipping'. The Societies havesurveyors, who see that the ships are built in accordance with the rules andwho also survey the ships periodically, to make sure that they are kept inproper condition.
Purposes-To ensure that ships are properly built, equipped and main-tained, a number of 'Classification Societies' have been formed and havedrarvn up rules governing the construction of ships.
