As the row about 'the big three' subsides, was it all about gaining supremacy or improving the safety of lives at sea? The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has been under considerable pressure of late. The class system has, of course, been under scrutiny since the sinking of Erika, which broke up off France despite having passed class muster. But more recent discord between IACS members has led the group's chairman to call for unity.
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