Classification society

Columns: Name | Abbreviation | Date | Head office | IACS member ?
Lloyd 's Register | LR | 1760 | London | Yes | Bureau Veritas | BV | 1828 | Paris | Yes | Croatian Register of Shipping / Austrian Veritas ( Hrvatski Registar Brodova ) | CRS | 1858/ 1949 | Split | Yes | Registro Italiano Navale | RINA | 1861 | Genoa | Yes | American Bureau of Shipping | ABS | 1862 | Houston | Yes | DNV GL | DNV GL | 1864 | Oslo | Yes | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai ( ClassNK ) | NK | 1899 | Tokyo | Yes

Example questions:
What year was the organisation with about 14,500 employees and 350 offices operating in more than 100 countries established ? | Which organisation is headquartered in the most populous city in the state of Texas ? | Which organisation is headquartered in a port city in the region of Attica , Greece ? | What is the abbreviation of the company with headquarters in Neuilly-sur-Seine ?

Answers:
1864 | American Bureau of Shipping | Hellenic Register of Shipping | BV