I roto i te umanga moana me te takutai moana o te ao, ko ngā tiwhikete a te rōpū whakarōpūtanga te tūāpapa o te pono o te hua, te tutuki i te haumaru, me te mōhiotanga o te mākete o te ao. Nō nā tata nei, kua whiwhi tā mātou kamupene i te tiwhikete mana mai i ngā rōpū whakarōpūtanga rongonui e rua o te ao: te American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) me te China Classification Society (CCS). Mā tēnei tohu nui ka whakaū ake i ā mātou paerewa kounga hua, ka whakarei ake i te whakataetae mākete o te ao, ā, ka whakaatu i tā mātou whakapau kaha ki te whakarato taputapu moana haumaru, pakari, me te tutuki i ngā ture mō ngā kiritaki o te ao katoa.
Hei tētahi o ngā rōpū whakarōpū moana tino mana o te ao, e mōhiotia whānuitia ana te Tari Tuku Iho o Amerika (ABS) mō āna paerewa o te ao tino pakari e kapi ana i te hoahoa, te hanga, te whakamātautau, me te whakahaere kounga. E whakamana ana te tiwhikete ABS kei te tutuki katoa ā mātou kerēne moana, ngā mīhini papa, ngā pūnaha waipēhi, me ngā wāhanga matua e pā ana ki ngā ture haumaru moana o te ao, ngā whakaritenga ārai-waikura, ngā paerewa amo kawenga, me ngā ture urutau taiao. Mō ngā kiritaki o te ao e mahi ana i roto i ngā kaipuke o te ao, te hangarau moana, me ngā mahi kawe tauranga, ko te tiwhikete ABS he uruwhenua nui, e āhei ai ā mātou hua ki te whakaaetia me te whakatinana puta noa i ngā mākete moana nui o te ao, mai i Ūropi me Amerika ki Āhia ki te Tonga-mā-rāwhiti me te Waenganui Rawhiti. E whakamana ana hoki i te mahi pumau i raro i ngā taiao moana uaua tae atu ki te haumākū teitei, te waikura rehu tote, me ngā rerekētanga pāmahana tino nui.
I taua wā, ko te China Classification Society (CCS), te rōpū whakarōpū ā-motu anake o Haina kua whakamanahia ā-ao, he rite tonu te mana i roto i ngā rāngai moana o Āhia me te ao. Ko te tiwhikete CCS e whai ana i ngā paerewa moana ā-motu o Haina me ngā tikanga moana o te ao, me te arotahi ki te whaihua, te haumaru, me te pumau o ngā taputapu moana mō te wā roa. Mō ā mātou hua, ka whakamanahia e te tiwhikete CCS ia hononga whakaputa, mai i te whiriwhiri rauemi mata me te miihini tika ki te huihuinga pūnaha waipēhi me te whakamātautau kawenga. Ka whakarite kia tutuki ā mātou taputapu i ngā paearu haumaru taumata teitei mō ngā kaipuke o te kāinga, ngā papaaho moana, me ngā kaupapa miihini takutai moana, me te whakarato tautoko hangarau pono mō ngā kiritaki i te mākete moana o Āhia-Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.
