FIG. 5 CLASSIFICATION OF EXISTING BULK CARRIERS (DW~4O, OOOt)
(2) The majority of the large bulk carriers are classed by 11 classification societies listed in FIG.5, which are the member societies of IACS.
Other classification societies than the TAGS member societies share only a few percent of them, many of which are double classed with one of the IAGS member societies.
