BUILDING TRUST. SHAPING SAFETY
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Piraeus as centre
for our global operations

Piraeus is the home base and operations centre for the INSB Class daily operations globally. Our dynamic corporate structure, paired with our marine expertise and technical expertise, empowers us conduct our activities in a sound and effective manner.

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Corporate
Structure

The organizational structure applied by INSB Head Office is of a “functional type” and enables focus to the mission and objectives of the society.

Head Office personnel composed of naval architects, marine engineers and other technical specialists together with the administrative staff, ensure round the clock support both to our international network stations and our client base around the world.

Quality does
matter

We deliver ship classification and marine certification services under an independently audited and certified corporate quality system which complies with ISO 9001 & 17020 standards, respectively.

The services of INSB Class are realized in a centralized manner administered by the Head Office and include control and supervision also for the domestic and overseas network survey stations and surveyors.

VALUES

Ethics & Reputation

Reputation is one of the INSB Class Society’s most valuable assets and is reflected in our core and business values. INSB Class professional activities and practices:

  • are delivered in good faith, honesty and fairness;
  • apply our adopted corporate policies and procedures;
  • are based on defined standards and internationally accepted criteria;
  • are rendered from a transparent, objective and independent stand point.

Business ethics are highly important to our corporate governance and service realization. The INSB Class adopted Code of Ethics describes the ethical values, principles and rules upon which the Society seeks to establish trusting relationships with its clients, employees, business partners, or associates, while promoting its growth and development.

All INSB Class personnel are required to act in accordance with the Code of Ethics, to actively defend our corporate values, principles, and rules, and to ensure that their day-to-day decisions adhere to the Code’s requirements. When dealing with or acting on behalf of the INSB Class society, our business partners and associates are also required to abide by our Code of Ethics.

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AWARDS & HONORS

Global
Reflections

Operating in more than 50 countries, our professionals are dedicated to helping our customer base delivering accredited services to clients with agility and speed of response, wherever they operate.

Through our eight regional stations supported by 100+ surveyors and professionals, INSB Class has the ability to deliver high expertise and value-added customer experience.

45

+

Countries we
have presence

100

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Surveyors &
Auditors

Leadership Team

INSB Class’s Executive Management Team takes leadership responsibility and steering of the company’s day-by day operation. It adopts policies and decisions relating to the company’s strategic direction and directs its operational activities.

Sustainable corporate governance and a well-functioning organization are key elements for the successful work of the INSB Class to enable the society optimize goal setting and achievements, monitor and assess risks and positively sustain its overall performance.

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Pantelis Chinakis Glaras
President & Managing Director
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Yiannis Liberopoulos
Chief Financial Officer
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Christos Efstathiou
Technical Director
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Gerasimos Karapistolis
Technical Manager
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Kostas Kounougeris
Vice President
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Elias Karasmanoglou
HR & Quality Manager
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Panos Klavdianos
Head of MMSC Division
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Kostas Koutalis
Head of Appraisal Division
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Athina Pantou
Chief Accounting Officer
Strategy

The INSB Class Executive management team ensures that our company focus stays aligned with our strategic goals as we endeavour within the broader maritime business environment, composed of a combination of internal and external factors and conditions that may have an effect on the organization’s approach to its services, customers and other associated stakeholders.

Our corporate strategic directions are designed not only to respond to industry challenges, integrating advancing technologies in our operational framework or ensuring organizational effectiveness but also aims for keeping INSB Class long term relevant and next-gen ready while deepening its market preference, confidence and trust by stakeholders.