ASSOCIATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, UNIVERSITIES, COMPANIES

 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES

AFRICA

• ODINAFRICA - 'Ocean data and information network for Africa', a project involving 20 African coastal states. Between the years 2000 and 2003 the ODINAFRICA project will build ocean data and information centres throughout coastal Africa and provide valuable information and data services to ocean scientists and other experts in Africa. The ODINAFRICA web site will inform you on the many valuable services and products developed or available from this network of ocean data centres!

GERMANY

• DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.

• Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft e.V.

• VDI - Verein Deutscher Ingenieure
• VDMA - Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.
• VSM -Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e.V.

EUROPE

• Offshore Europe

• Germanischer Lloyd (GL)

• Bureau Veritas (BV)

• Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

• LLoyd's Register of Shipping (LR)

• Registro Italiano Navale (RINA)

• Polish Register of Shipping (PR)

ENGLAND

• RINA - The Royal Institution Of Naval Architects

• The Society for Underwater Technology - England

• The Offshore Engineering Society

ASIA

• IMDEX Asia

• Japan Marine Science & Technology Center (JAMSTEC)