Founded 1960

Korean Register (KR)

Busan, South Korea

Korean Register is a not-for-profit classification society offering verification and certification services for ships and marine structures across design, construction, and maintenance, including hull condition surveys. It is a full member of IACS.

Headquarters
Busan, South Korea
Founded
1960
Website
www.krs.co.kr/eng/

Notable facts

  • Founded in 1960 in South Korea; headquartered at Gangseo-gu, Busan
  • Operates a network of roughly 66-72 offices worldwide per different company reports
  • Classes an international fleet reported at roughly 3,050 vessels totaling 68 million gross tons

Service categories

Sources. This profile is compiled from public reference data, WebSearch-verified againstsource 1 · source 2. Data as of 2026-07-11. See methodology.

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