Leading category culture Class NK has actually revealed that it launched changes to its Rules and also Guidance for the Survey and also Construction of Steel Ships on 27 December 2019.

Class NK is regularly changing its Rules and also Guidance in order to mirror the most recent arise from appropriate r & d tasks, responses from damages examinations, demands from the market in addition to modifications made to appropriate worldwide conventions, IACS unified needs (UR), nationwide guidelines, and so on

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More particularly, several of the needs modified this moment are as adheres to:

In reaction to responses from damages examinations;

• Amendment pertaining to the Welding for Cross- joints based on High Stress, Towing Winch Emergency Release Systems, and also Arrangement, Connection and also Protection, and so on of Piping Systems

In reaction to market demands;

• Amendment pertaining to the Steels Subject to Special Requirements for Ammonia Carriers, Clarification of the Application of the Requirements for Fire Protection and also Extinction, and also the Guidance pertaining to Alarms, and so on of Drip Trays Provided for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems

In reaction to modifications in worldwide conventions;

• Amendment pertaining to the Rules and also Guidance pertaining to Damage Stability, the Guidance pertaining to Winches for Lifeboats Other Than Free- drop lifeboats, and also the Rules and also Guidance pertaining to Modernization of the GMDSS

In reaction to modifications in IACS Unified Requirements;

• Amendment pertaining to the Rules and also Guidance pertaining to Condition-Based Maintenance Scheme for Machinery, the Rules and also Guidance pertaining to the Materials made use of for the Principal Components of Diesel Engines, and so on, and also the Guidance pertaining to Environmental Tests for Automatic Equipment

The PDF documents of Class NK Rules and also Guidance are offered at no cost through Class NK’s internet site www.classnk.com

Reference: classnk.or.jp