2015

the

Guidance Relating to Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships

Part 1

Classification and Surveys

GA-01-E

ICS

APPLICATION OF THE GUIDANCE

This "Guidance Relating to the Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships" (hereafter called as the Guidance) is prepared with the intent of giving guidelines as to the treatment of the various provisions for items required the unified interpretations and items not specified in details in the Rules, and the requirements specified in the Guidance are to be ap- plied, in principle, in addition to the various provisions in the Rules.

As to any technical modifications which can be regarded as equivalent to any requirements in the Guidance, their flexible application will be prop- erly considered.

APPLICATION OF PART 1 "CLASSIFICATION AND SURVEYS"

1. Unless expressly specified otherwise, the requirements in the Guidance apply to ships for which the application for Classification Survey is submitted to the Society on or after 1 July 2015.

2. The amendments to the Guidance for 2014 version and their effective date are as follows;

Effective Date 1 July 2014

CHAPTER 2 PERIODICAL AND OTHER SURVEYS

Section 1 Docking Survey

- 603. 4 has been amended.

Effective Date 1 January 2015

CHAPTER 1 CLASSIFICATION

Section 4 Classification Survey after Construction

- 401. 3 to 5 have been newly added.

- 402. 1 (1) has been amended and (3) & (4) have been newly added.

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Annex 1-1 Character of Classification

- Par 1 1.1 26 has been amended.

- Par 1 1.1 Remarks(31) has been amended.

- Par 2 2.9 has been newly added.

Effective Date 1 July 2015

CHAPTER 1 CLASSIFICATION

Section 1 General

- 104. has been newly added.

- 105. has been newly added.

Section 4 Classification Survey after Construction

- 403. 1 (1) has been amended.

- 405. 2 has been newly added.

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Section 5 Certificates and Reports

- 502. has been newly added.

Section 8 Competence and Duties of Surveyors

- 801. has been amended and 7 has been newly added.

CHAPTER 2 PERIODICAL AND OTHER SURVEYS

Section 1 General

- 104.

- 107.

- 110.

has been amended.

1 & 2 have been newly added. has been newly added.

Section 2 Annual Survey

- 202.

- 203.

- 204.

1 & 2 have been newly added. 1 & 3 have been amended.

1 has been amended and 2 has been newly added.

Section 3 Intermediate Survey

- 303. 1, 2, 5 & 6 have been amended.

Section 4 Special Survey(Hull, Equipment and Fire-extinguishing

- 401. 3 & 4 have been newly added.

Appliances)

- 403. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 & 8 have been newly added and 4 & 7 have been amended.

Section 5-1 Special Survey(Machinery, Electrical Installations and Additional Installations)

- 502. 3 & 7 have been newly added and 4, 5 & 8 have been amended.

Section 5-2 Special Survey(Additional Requirements to Ship Types)

- have been newly added.

Section 6 Docking Survey

- 603.

- 604.

- 605.

2 has been newly added and 3 & 4 have been amended. 2 & 3 have been newly added.

has been newly added.

Section 8 Boiler Survey

- 802. 1 has been amended and 2 to 4 have been newly added.

Section 9 Continuous Survey of Machinery

- 902. 2 has been amended.

- 903. 1 has been amended.

Section 10 Occasional Survey

- 1001. 4 has been amended.

Section 12 Survey of Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods and Other Special

- has been newly added.

Cargoes

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Section 14 Hull Survey for General Dry Cargo Ships

- 1401. has been newly added.

- 1402. has been newly added.

- 1403. has been newly added.

- 1404. 1 to 5 have been newly added.

Section 15 Hull Survey for Liquefied Gas Carriers

- has been newly added.

Section 16 Survey Requirements for Shell and Inner Doors, Etc. of RoRo Ships

- 1602. has been newly added.

- 1603. 1 & 2 have been newly added.

CHAPTER 3 HULL SURVEYS OF SHIPS SUBJECT SURVEY PROGRAMME

TO THE ENHANCED

Section 1 General

- 102. 1 & 2 have been newly added.

Section 2 Bulk Carriers

- 201.

- 202.

- 203.

- 204.

has been newly added.

1 to 4 have been newly added. 1 to 4 have been newly added.

1, 2, 4, 5 & 7 have been newly added.

Section 3 Oil Tankers

- 301.

- 302.

- 303.

- 304.

has been newly added.

1 & 2 have been newly added. has been newly added.

2, 4, 6 & 8 have been newly added.

Section 4 Chemical Tankers

- 401.

- 402.

- 403.

- 404.

has been newly added.

1 & 2 have been newly added. has been newly added.

2, 3, 5, 6 & 8 have been newly added.

Section 5 Double Hull Oil Tankers

- 501.

- 502.

- 503.

- 504.

has been newly added.

1 & 2 have been newly added. has been newly added.

2, 4, 6 & 8 have been newly added.

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Section 6 Double Skin Bulk Carriers

- 601.

- 602.

- 603.

- 604.

has been newly added.

1 to 4 have been newly added. 1 to 4 have been newly added.

1, 2, 4, 5, 6 & 8 have been newly added.

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Annex 1-1 Character of Classification

- Par 1 1.1 Remarks(2-4) has been amended.

- Par 1 1.1 Remarks for 5-1 & 5-2 have been amended.

- Par 1 1.1 Special Feature Notations & Remarks for 7, 8-1, 8-2 & 9 have been amended.

- Par 1 1.1 Special Feature Notations & Remarks for 24-1, 24-2, 24-3 & 25-1 have been amended.

- Par 1 1.1 25-2 has been newly added.

- Par

- Par

- Par

1 1.1 Remarks(31) has been amended.

1 1.2 has been amended.

2 2.0 & 2.3 have been amended.

Annex 1-3 Example of the Survey Programme and the Survey Planning Questionnaire

- Table 1 10. has been amended.

Annex 1-5 Thickness Measurement Method for Hull Structural Members

- Par 2 (2) (A) has been amended.

- Table 3-1, Table 3-2 & Table 3-2 2) (NOTES) 3. have been amended.

- Table 5 (NOTES) 1) has been amended.

- Table 20-1 & Table 20-2 have been amended.

Annex 1-9 Guidance for Survey of Waterjet Propulsion Systems and Azimuth or Rotatable Thruster

- Par 1 (1) (E) (a) has been newly added and (b) has been amended.

Annex 1-15 Requirements for CLEAN Notation

- has been newly added.

Effective Date 1 July 2015 (Date of contract for construction)

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Annex 1-2 Guidance for Intact Stability

- has been totally amended.

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