Updated on 17 Dec 2015) MSC 95 in June 2015 decided to establish a Correspondence Group (CG) on Onboard Lifting Appliances and Winches with following terms of reference, under the coordination of Japan: You need to login to view the rest of the...
(Updated on 17 Dec 2015) Background Around 2003, INTERCARGO members raised their concern about excessive loading rates loading rate of iron ore cargo pouring into cargo hold. Some port requested a rate of 16000 t/hr with minimum ballast. A survey...
CSR Harmonisation The Common Structural Rules were originally developed separately for Tanker and Bulk Carriers. IACS is now undertaking a major project to harmonise the rules, including key elements such as wave loads, finite element analysis and...
The 87 session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 87, May 2010) adopted amendments to SOLAS (Chapter II-1, part A-1) to make Goal-based ship construction standards mandatory. This requirement will apply to bulk carriers and tankers greater than...