Indian Register of Shipping

The Indian Register of Shipping (abbreviated IRS, German: Indian register of shipping ), based in Mumbai is one of the world working classification society.

The company was founded in 1975 in India and has since been working in the field of ship classification. In the years of existence, the IRS built by the drawee only on ships sightseeing activities to related areas, such as On / offhire visits for charterer or shipowner, Damage surveys or the classification of offshore structures from. Since 1996, the IRS worked with an ISO 9001 -compliant quality management and was on 22 June 2010, the Indian Register of Shipping as a full member of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS ) was added.