The following are the Recognized Organizations and Classification Societies authorized to act on behalf of the Government of Panama for the issuance of statutory technical certificates...

• American Bureau of Shipping
• Bureau Veritas
• China Classification Society
• China Corporation Register of Shipping
• Det Norske Veritas
• Germanisher Lloyds
• Hellenic Register of Shipping
• Horizon International of Naval Surveying and Inspection Bureau S.A.
• Isthmus Bureau of Shipping S.A.
• Registro Italiano Navale
• Russian Register of Shipping
•  Korean Register of Shipping
• Lloyd Register of Shipping
• National Shipping Adjuster Inc.
• Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
• Panama Bureau of Shipping
• Panama Marine Survey & Certification Services, Inc.
• Panama Maritime Doc. Services Inc.
• Panama Maritime Surv. Bureau Inc.
• Panama Register Corporation
• Panama Shipping Registrar, Inc.
• Polski Rejestr Statkow