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Bulgarian Register of Shipping ( bg, Български корабен регистър - ''Bulgarski Koraben Registur''), known as BRS (''БКР''), is the national
classification society
A ship classification society or ship classification organisation is a non-governmental organization that establishes and maintains technical standards for the construction and operation of ships and offshore structures. Classification societies ...
of the
Republic of Bulgaria
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, founded in 1950. The society's head office is in
Varna
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Places Europe
*Varna, Bulgaria, a city in Bulgaria
**Varna Province
**Varna Municipality
** Gulf of Varna
**Lake Varna
**Varna Necropolis
*Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy
*Varniai, a city in Lithuania
* Varna (Šaba ...
, its inspection offices are in Varna,
Burgas
Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a popu ...
(at
Black sea
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) and
Ruse
Ruse may refer to:
Places
*Ruse, Bulgaria, a major city of Bulgaria
**Ruse Municipality
** Ruse Province
** 19th MMC – Ruse, a constituency
*Ruše, a town and municipality in north-eastern Slovenia
* Ruše, Žalec, a small settlement in east-ce ...
(at
Danube
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).
BRS adheres to a quality system in compliance with the requirements of the
ISO 9001
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standard. It has developed its own technical requirements (rules) in line with the international conventions for its classification services.
In September, 2005, BRS was approved by the
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mult ...
as a
Classification Society
A ship classification society or ship classification organisation is a non-governmental organization that establishes and maintains technical standards for the construction and operation of ships and offshore structures. Classification societies ...
in accordance with the 2004 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, Section 413, 46 U.S.C. 3316(c).