APPENDIX A: CARGO SHIP AND ICEBREAKER
CLASSIFICATION EQUIVALENCIES
(FROM TORRENS 1994)
Cargo ship classes:
Ice class
Organization
Class symbol
High
Medium
Low
Det norske Veritas (post-1971)
1A1
1A*
1A
1B
1C
Finnish/Swedish rules (toll
classes as per 1985)
IA Super
IA
IB
IC
II
American Bureau of Shipping
(post-1971)
A1 (E)
IAA
IA
IB
IC
Bureau Veritas (pre-1971)
I 3/3 E
I-Super
I
II
III
Bureau Veritas (post-1971)
I 3/3 E
IA-Super
IA
IB
IC
Bulgarian Register of Shipping
KM
ULA, UA
L1
L2
L3
L4
DDR Schiffs-Rev. und Klassif.
DSRK KM
Eis Arktis,
Eis 1
Eis 2
Eis 3
Eis 4
Eis Super
Germanischer Lloyd
100 A4
E4
E3
E2
E1
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
(post-1971)
100 A1
1AS
1A
1B
1C
1D
Polski Register Statkow
KM
L1A, UL
L1
L2
L3
L4
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
NS
IA Super
IA
IB
IC
Register of Shipping
People's Republic of China
ZCA
B1*
B1
B2
B3
Register of Shipping of the USSR*
KM
ULA, UL
L1
L2
L3
L4
Registro Italiano Navale
100A-1.1
RG 1*
RG 1
RG 2
RG 3
Registrul Naval Roman
RNR+M CM
G 60,
G40
G 30
G 20
G10
O
G 50
Canadian ASPPR rules/zones
A
B
C
D
E
Icebreaker classes:
Ice class
Organization
High
Low
Register of Shipping of the USSR
LL1
LL2
LL3
LL4
Det norske Veritas
(includes "Sealer" class)
Polar-30
Polar-20
Polar-10
Ice-10
Ice-05
Ice-15
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
AC3
AC2
AAC1.5
AC1
Canadian ASPPR rules/zones
Classes not available.
*For Russian classes: L = ice; U = reinforced, A = Arctic.
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