ClassNK launches changes to course guidelines

Classification culture ClassNK records that it launched changes to its Rules as well as Guidance for the Survey as well as Construction of Steel Ships on December 27, 2019.

The culture regularly modifies its Rules as well as Guidance to mirror the current arise from r & d jobs, responses from damages examinations, demands from the sector, governing needs as well as modifications made IACS unified needs (UR), and so on

Among the needs modified this time around are::

In feedback to responses from damages examinations:

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

In feedback to sector demands:

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

In feedback to modifications in worldwide conventions:

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

In feedback to modifications in IACS Unified Requirement:

• Amendment pertaining to the Rules as well as Guidance pertaining to Condition Based Maintenance Scheme for Machinery, the Rules as well as Guidance pertaining to the Materials utilized for the Principal Components of Diesel Engines, and so on, as well as the Guidance pertaining to Environmental Tests for Automatic Equipment

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