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American Bureau of Shipping

US company in Spring, Houston, Texas
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American Bureau of Shipping

Summary

American Bureau of Shipping is a classification society[1]. It draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (classification_society category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • American Bureau of Shipping is in the country of United States[3].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's instance of is recorded as classification society[4].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[5].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's headquarters location is recorded as Spring[6].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's ISNI is recorded as 000000040627597X[7].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155439385[8].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's GND ID is recorded as 118003-4[9].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79056756[10].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's child organization or unit is recorded as American Bureau of Shipping (London)[11].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's industry is recorded as water transport[12].
  • +1862-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of American Bureau of Shipping[13].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0974ty[14].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's parent organization or unit is recorded as ABS Group of Companies, Inc[15].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's official website is recorded as https://ww2.eagle.org/en.html[16].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's official website is recorded as https://ww2.eagle.org[17].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX90658[18].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+5500'}[19].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's Legal Entity Identifier is recorded as 549300IZD34FIG7DKF25[20].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0003498[21].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as us_ny/155[22].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's phone number is recorded as +1-281-877-6000[23].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/American-Bureau-of-Shipping[24].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's legal form is recorded as not-for-profit corporation[25].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(6) organization[26].
  • American Bureau of Shipping's different from is recorded as ABS[27].

Body

Founding

+1862-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of American Bureau of Shipping[13].

Operations

American Bureau of Shipping's headquarters location is recorded as Spring[6]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as ABS Group of Companies, Inc[15]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as it (London)[11].

Industry

American Bureau of Shipping's industry is recorded as water transport[12].

Why It Matters

American Bureau of Shipping draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (classification_society category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . GRID Release 2018-08-27. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . GRID Release 2018-08-27. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . EU Transparency Register. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ww2.eagle.org. ww2.eagle.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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