RULES

FOR CLASSIFICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS (RCCS)

Part 0

CLASSIFICATION 4 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.1 The present Part of the Rules for the materials for the ships except for small craft Classification and Construction of Inland and used for non-for-profit purposes. The re- Combined (River-Sea) Navigation Ships (here quirements of the present Rules are applicable and in all other Parts — Rules) defines the to passenger ships, tankers, pushboats, tug- basic terms and definitions applicable for all boats, ice breakers and industrial ships of Parts of the Rules, general procedure of ship‘s overall length less than 20 m. class adjudication and composing of class The requirements of the present Rules are formula, as well as contains information on not applicable to small craft, pleasure ships, the documents issued by Russian River Regis- sports sailing ships, military and border- ter (hereinafter — River Register) and on the security ships, ships with nuclear power units, areas and seasons of operation of the ships floating drill rigs and other floating facilities. with the River Register class. However, the River Register develops and 1.2 When performing its classification and issues corresponding regulations and other survey activities the River Register is governed standards being part of the Rules for particu- by the requirements of applicable interna- lar types of ships (small craft used for com- tional agreements of Russian Federation, mercial purposes, pleasure and sports sailing Regulations on Classification and Survey of ships, ekranoplans etc.) and other floating Ships, as well as the Rules specified in Clause facilities (pontoon bridges etc.). 2 of Article 35 of Inland Water Transport Code of Russian Federation which contain the requirements for the ships and their com- 1.5 In order to verify the compliance with ponents specified in 1.4, in regard to their the requirements of the Rules the River Reg- ister approves the technical documentation on designing, manufacturing, modernization, refitting and repair, as well as the require- construction, repair, modernization and refit- ments for products and materials intended for ting of ships, manufacturing of products and materials for installation onboard the ships. use onboard the ship. 1.3 The purpose of classification and survey Ships, materials and products, which tech- nical documentation is submitted to the River of the ships is the performance of works (ren- dering services) on evaluation of compliance Register for approval after the Rules or of ships, materials and products intended for amendments thereto have come into force, are to meet the requirements of those Rules installation onboard the ships, organizations, which design, manufacture, modernize, refit and amendments. To ships under construc- and repair the ships as well as products and tion, materials and products, which technical documentation had been approved by River materials for ships, with the Rules. Register before the Rules came into force, the 1.4 The requirements of the present Rules Rules’ version is applied which was in force at are applicable to the ships subject to official the moment of its approval unless otherwise registration as well as to the products and stated in the Rules. 1 General provisions 5

1.6 If the technical documentation contains 1.7 If the ship with the River Register class equivalents to the Rules’ requirements, the does not comply with the requirements of the organization developer of such technical Rules, then the corresponding documents shall documentation shall provide to the River not be issued for such ship or the already is- Register a list of the equivalents with their sued documents shall be withdrawn by the detailed description and technical evaluation. River Register. 6 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

2 BASIC TERMS

2.1 The following terms and abbreviations regulatory legal act of the Ministry of Trans- related to the classification activity are used in port of Russian Federation which specifies the the present Rules: procedure of ships classification by organiza- .1 R i v e r R e g i s t e r — FAI “Russian tions authorized to carry out classification and River Register” as organization in general or survey of ships; its particular structural subdivision (Head Of- .6 Rules of the River Regis- fice, Branch Offices) if otherwise specified; ter (Rules) — an integrated technical standard document(s) of the River Register. .2 Head Office of River Reg- The Rules specify the requirements for ships, ister (Head Office) — part of River Register located at the legal (actual) address materials and products to be used on board the ships when designing and manufacturing of River Register and executing inter alia such (construction); the requirements for the pro- functions as arrangement and coordination of Branch Offices’ activity; cedures of technical supervision over con- struction, modernization, refitting and repair .3 Branch Office — standalone of ships, manufacturing, mounting, testing of subdivision of the River Register specified in materials and products to be installed onboard its Statute and executing part of River Regis- the ships as well as the requirements for the ter’s functions on the basis of the guidelines survey procedures applied to ships, their com- approved by the River Register and within the ponents and facilities in service. specified scope of activity; .4 E x p e r t — authorized person of 2.2 The following terms and definitions are River Register executing one or more of the used in the Rules. following functions in accordance with the .1 Withdrawal of class — can- Rules: cellation of the documents issued by the River Register for a ship and removal of this ship consideration and approval of technical from the Register book of ships; documentation; .2 T u g b o a t — self-propelled ship technical supervision over construction, equipped with a towing gear and intended for modernization, refitting, repair of ships and towing of other ships and floating facilities; their components, manufacturing of materials .3 Light-ship displacement — and products intended for installation onboard ship displacement in tons without cargo, fuel, the ships; lubrication oil, ballast, fresh and boiler waters survey of the ships in service and the or- in the tanks, waste waters, ship’s stores, pas- ganizations which carry out works (render sengers, crew members and their belongings, services) or manufacture products in accor- but with water, fuel and oil in boilers, engines dance with the requirements of Rules; and pipelines; issuance of the documents of the River .4 Renewal of class — issuance of Register; Classification Certificate for a ship, which had .5 Regulations on Classifica- a class before but its validity period has ex- tion and Survey of Ships — pired; 2 Basic terms 7

.5 Restoration of class — issu- .12 Date of ship construction ance of Classification Certificate for a ship — the date of issuance of the River Register the class of which was suspended; documents for the ship when the results of .6 Random inspection — one of initial survey of the ship after construction are the River Register’s methods of technical su- positive. For the ships built not under techni- pervision or survey. During the random in- cal supervision of the River Register the date spection when performing the technical su- of ship construction is the date of issuance of pervision the object’s compliance with the the documents by a classification society requirements of the Rules is examined on the which carried out technical supervision over basis of control inspection of particular pa- ship construction. If such supervision was not rameters, dimensions, properties or character- carried out at all the date of ship construction istics of the object or on the basis of inspec- is the date of issuance of the documents by tion of one or more samples from a batch as the organization manufacturer of the ship; well as particular manufacturing operations, .13 D e a d w e i g h t — difference be- conditions or other parameters. During the tween ship displacement at freeboard mark random inspection when performing the tech- drought and light-ship displacement; nical supervision of a ship the compliance of .14 Flammable liquids — oil, oil ship’s components and ship’s technical facili- products and other liquids equivalent to them ties with the requirements of the Rules is ex- (hereinafter – oil products) capable to create amined on the basis of the random inspection explosive and inflammable concentrations of of particular dimensions, properties, parame- vapor and with vapor flash point specified ters and characteristics; according to national standards1; .7 High-speed ship — a ship ca- .15 Products — ship’s technical facili- pable to move at a maximum speed v, m/s, ties (engines, generators, compressors, pumps, equal or more than vV 3, 7 0.1667 , where V deck machinery, steering engines etc.), boil- — volume displacement of the ship at the ers, components of ship facilities, electrical, design waterline draught, m3. The definition is radio, navigational and other equipment, components of ship’s technical facilities, boil- applicable for ships with V  150 m3; ers and equipment, appliances, consumables, .8 W a v e h e i g h t — a characteristic of fixtures and other objects which are subject waves specified as height of wind waves the to the requirements of the Rules; probability of which complies with that ap- .16 D o m e s t i c v o y a g e — any voyage proved for water basins and sea areas of the of the ship which is not international; given type; .17 Product quality — a combi- .9 Skimming boat (skimmer) — nation of product's properties specifying prod- a ship the basic mode of motion of which is uct's capability to meet the requirements of skimming the water surface, when the sup- the Rules in accordance with product's desig- porting force is mainly composed of water nation; reaction and the influence of buoyancy is negligible; .18 Classification — activities of the River Register including development and .10 Type ship — a ship of single publication of the Rules, consideration and construction or first ship in production batch approval of technical documentation for con- built from a new project. struction, refitting, modernization and repair First ship built from the same project but of ships, manufacturing of materials and by other organization is considered as first but products, survey of ships and organizations, not type ship; technical supervision over manufacturing of .11 Cargo ship — a ship designed for transportation of cargos (dry cargo ship, tank ship, combined ship, refrigerating cargo ship 1 ГОСТ Р 53717, ГОСТ 26098, ГОСТ 4333, etc.); ГОСТ 12.1.044 8 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

materials and products, repair of products, state or from the port of foreign state to the construction, repair, modernization and refit- port of the flag state of the ship. ting of ships with class assigning (issuance of .27 Shelter area — a natural or arti- corresponding documents), as well as confir- ficial protected water area which may be used mation, suspension, renewal, restoration and by a ship as a shelter when there is a danger withdrawal of class on the basis of ship survey to ship's safety; results in accordance with the Rules; .28 Multihull ship — a ship the .19 Ship's class — a combination of supporting force of which is provided by at symbols assigned to the ship during classifica- least two hulls joint with a special structure; tion which specifies the design features and .29 Ship modernization — a conditions of operation of the ship in accor- combination of operations on changing the dance with the Rules and safety requirements; design of the ship or ship's component aimed .20 Combined cargo ship — a at improvement of technical and operational ship designed for alternate bulk transportation characteristics of the ship and living and of liquid cargos or bulk and/or other hard working conditions as well as fulfillment of cargos. A separate cargo space is provided for the requirements of international agreements each cargo type; and treaties of Russian Federation in the area .21 Container carrier ship — of inland water transport and merchant ma- special ship designed and equipped for trans- rine; portation of cargos in containers; .30 Superstructure — a closed .22 Icebreaker — special ship de- structure on the freeboard deck which extends signed for breaking the ice cover and support- from side to side of the ship or whose side ing the navigation; walls are not set inboard of the ship's sides by .23 S m a l l c r a f t — a ship the overall more than 4% of the breadth (B); length of which does not exceed 20 m and the .31 Liquid cargo ship — a ship total number of persons onboard does not designed for transportation of liquid cargos in exceed 12 persons; bulk; .24 Engine room — a room or a .32 Floating bridge — a bridge number of rooms where the main an auxiliary with floating piers; components of the power plant as well as re- .33 Dangerous goods — sub- pair bays and workshops are located. The stances, materials and products containing room is longitudinally limited by the trans- such substances and materials with properties verse tight bulkheads, in transverse direction – which may create a threat to life and health by ship's sides and vertically – by ship's deck of people, cause damage to the environment, and bottom; damage or destroy material values during .25 Machinery spaces — spaces transportation; within the engine room where main and aux- .34 Organization — legal body (ir- iliary engines as well as boilers, compressors, respective of legal organizational form, prop- their systems and auxiliaries, pumps of ship's erty form and departmental identity) or indi- systems, electric power sources, distributing vidual businessman which is carrying out de- devices, electrical devices, power converters, sign, construction, repair, modernization and fuel receiving stations, technical facilities and refitting of ships, manufacturing and repair of equipment of refrigerating installations, venti- products and manufacturing of materials for lation and air conditioning systems are lo- installation onboard the ships as well as test cated as well as other similar spaces and laboratories which have recognition certificate trunks leading to such spaces; confirming that the organization manufactures .26 International voyage — a its products, performs works and/or renders voyage from the state under the flag of which services in accordance with the Rules. The the ship is sailing to the port outside the flag results of organization's activities are used by 2 Basic terms 9

the River Register during classification proc- signed. Apart from that the freeboard and the ess; dates of the next regular and annual surveys .35 Survey of ships — part of clas- are specified; sification process consisting of the following: .42 Refitting of ship — a combi- check of availability of approved technical nation of operations on changing ship's struc- documentation, certificates (specified by the ture in order to change its functional purpose; Rules) or conformity documents for materials .43 F l o a t i n g c r a n e — a crane on a and component parts used or installed on- floating platform intended for load handling; board the ship during the period of time since .44 Confirmation of class — an the last survey, documents of organization's averment made on the basis of annual or technical control service, ship owner's docu- regular survey of the ship which confirms that ments, certificates of previous surveys; the ship with the River Register class fully or visual inspection, measurements, checks to the extent considered by the River Register during operation and test of the ship and its as sufficient complies with those requirements components; of the Rules which are applicable to the ship issuance of the documents specified in the in accordance with its employment, condi- Rules; tions of operation and class formula. On the .36 Survey of organizations — basis of the above the ship is recognized as part of classification process aimed at confir- capable for navigation in the areas specified in mation that the organization manufactures the Classification Certificate; products, performs works and/or renders ser- .45 Pontoon — a floating structure vices which meet the requirements of the intended for keeping afloat various facilities Rules; using its own buoyancy. The pontoons may be .37 F e r r y — a self-propelled or non- used as supports for floating cranes, floating self-propelled transport ship intended for docks, traveling ship elevators etc.; transportation of land vehicles, people and .46 Control stations — spaces cargoes from one cost to another; where the main navigational instruments, ship .38 Passenger — an individual which control equipment, radio sets, broadcasting concluded a passenger carriage contract, or an centers and central fire-fighting stations are individual for transportation of which a con- located, accumulator rooms and plant rooms tract of affreightment is concluded; for radio sets or for emergency lighting as well .39 Passenger capacity — maxi- as spaces for emergency power sources; mum number of passengers allowed for trans- .47 Suspension of class — sus- portation by the given passenger ship or crew pension of validity of ship documents: boat according to its specification and the after damage of the ship without elimina- River Register documents; tion of which the operation safety can not be .40 Passenger ship — a ship in- provided; tended for transportation of more than 12 in case of presentation of the ship for sur- passengers; vey within specified time limit; .41 Reclassification of ship — when performing works on structural a procedure of assignment of a new class to a changes of the ship without preliminary ap- ship on the basis of initial survey in the course proval of the River Register; of which an evaluation of compliance of all when violating the navigation conditions ship components and technical documenta- specified in the ship documents; tion (approved by the River Register) with the when failing to fulfill the requirements of requirements of the Rules (applicable to the the Rules and the River Register. new class) is performed. After reclassification .48 Pleasure ship — a ship in- the ship receives a new class as well as new tended for recreation on water with total conditions and areas of navigation are as- number of people onboard not exceeding 18 10 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

persons including not more than 12 passen- sent ship, or when the mass of assembled part gers; of the hull is not less than 1 % from calcu- .49 C r e w b o a t — a ship intended for lated mass of all the ship materials; transportation of not more than 12 crew .58 Ship in operation — a ship, members and which is not a passenger, small which is not a ship under construction; or pleasure ship; .59 Air-cushion ship (ACS) — a .50 Deckhouse — a decked structure ship, the mass (in whole or significant part) of on the freeboard deck or a superstructure deck which is maintained above the water (ground, whose side walls are set inboard of the ship's ice etc.) in motion or at standstill by the ex- sides by more than 4% of the breadth (B). The cess air pressure forces created by the air con- deckhouse has doors, windows and other open- stantly inflated under the hull into the cavity ings in the outside bulkheads. The deckhouses called air cushion; may be arranged in one or more tiers; .60 Hydrofoil ship — a ship, which .51 Fishing ship — a ship intended is maintained above the water surface by hy- and specially equipped for fishing and/or fish drodynamic forces created by the hydrofoil handling as well as for transportation of fish wings when moving under operating condi- products; tions; .52 C o n v o y — self-propelled and non- .61 Bulk oil-carrying ship — a self-propelled ships coupled with each other cargo ship designed for oil and oil products or floating structures towed or pushed by a storage and transportation in bulk. Oil stations ship (ships) forming part of the convoy; (oil transfer, bunker and pollution control .53 Rapid ship — a ship capable of stations, as well as oil-containing water gath- sailing at a speed greater than km/h; ering and treatment stations) and oil- .54 Sailing sport ship — a ship gathering ships are to be considered as bulk built or refitted for sports activities and used oil-carrying ship as regards to the Rules appli- for noncommercial purposes, the primary cation; motive force of which is the wind force; .62 Ship with dynamic prin- .55 Berth-connected ship — a ciple of supporting — a ship, the floating facility, which is permanently oper- mass (or major part of the mass) of which is ated nearshore and is equipped with reliable counterbalanced by non-bouyant forces under escape routes for evacuation on shore (landing one of the operating conditions; or which is stages; mooring pontoons; floating hotels; capable to operate at such speed when the hostels; resthouses; restaurants; maintenance ratio (speed coefficient) of maximal speed of ships; floating pumphouses and refueling sta- the ship to the square root of product of free tions etc.); fall acceleration and ship length (at construc- .56 Ship — a self-propelled or non-self- tion waterline) is not less than 0.9 (ACS, hy- propelled floating facility used for navigation drofoil ship, air cavern ship, skimmer, ekrano- such as combined (river-sea) navigation ship, plan etc.); ferry, dredger, floating crane and other tech- .63 Combined navigation nical facilities alike; (river – sea) ship — a ship, which is .57 Ship under construction — capable (according to technical characteris- a ship under construction from the moment of tics) and allowed (according to established keel laying-down until the moment of obtain- procedure) for operation at sea and on inland ing of ship's documents issued by the River water ways; Register, which confirm ship's compliance .64 Industrial ship — a ship de- with the Rules. signed for maintenance of ships and water The moment (date) of keel laying-down is ways, port facilities, underwater mining etc. the moment of the beginning of construction, (dredgers, sludge carriers, multicats, bouy which can be specified as related to the pre- tenders and crew boats designed for naviga- 2 Basic terms 11

tion support, ecological monitoring and board the ship. The list of objects, type and analysis of water environment, bottom soil volume of technical supervision are specified and ambient air); by the Rules; .65 S h i p o w n e r — a legal body or an .71 Type technological proc- individual which operates the ship on behalf e s s — a technological process intended for of itself whether he owns the ship or uses her specified conditions and field of application on other legal grounds; without any reference to particular ship or .66 N a v i g a t i o n — an activity related other object of technical supervision; to the use of ships on inland water ways for .72 P u s h b o a t — a ship designed for transportation of goods, passengers and their propelling other ships or other floating facili- belongings, as well as postal items, towing of ties by means of pushing; ships and other floating objects, exploration .73 Requirements of River and extraction of minerals, construction ac- R e g i s t e r — requirements of the Rules tivities, trackworks, hydraulic works, under- and other regulatory documents of the River water technical operations and other similar Register, as well as the requirements specified works, piloting, icebreaker assistance, rescue in written form including the documents is- operations, water objects protection activities, sued by the River Register; contamination and pollution prevention, lift- .74 Area with sea navigation ing of sunken property, monitoring activities, conditions — an area of water ways of scientific activities, educational, training, Russian Federation within which the naviga- sports activities, as well as for cultural and tion-hydrographic conditions of navigation other purposes; safety provisions comply with the require- .67 Dry cargo ship — a ship de- ments of merchant navigation, and the mat- signed for transportation of dry cargoes (gen- ters arising from navigation safety are subject eral cargoes, containers, timber, cargoes in to the Merchant Shipping Code of Russian bulk, vehicles without passengers etc.); Federation; .68 T a n k e r — a liquid cargo ship built .75 Ship class formula — a se- or refitted for transportation of liquid or se- quence of symbols and words specifying ship's miliquid cargoes, mainly crude oil and oil class, which is specified by the Regulations on products; Classification and Survey of Ships and the .69 Technical documenta- Rules (see 2.2.19); t i o n — design and technological docu- .76 Ship crew — command person- mentation, as well as technical documentation nel, ship's company, as well as servicing staff for objects of technical supervision, which onboard the passenger ship. Command per- contains data required for checking the com- sonnel consists of the captain, dredger officer, pliance with the Rules; their mates and assistants, engineers, electrical .70 Technical supervision — engineers, their assistants, radio engineers and part of classification process, which includes medical officers. Ship's company consists of step-by-step checks of Rules execution as well persons (which are not part of command per- as attendance at the tests in the course of sonnel or servicing staff) who provide the fol- ships (or their components) construction, lowing: ship navigation, maintenance, surviv- refitting, modernization and repair, manufac- ability and safety of operation, as well as turing and repair of ship technical facilities maintenance of ship's technical facilities, sys- and materials intended for installation on- tems and equipment. 12 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

3 SHIP'S CLASS AND CLASS FORMULA

3.1 The ship's class is assigned to the ship port1. These lists are given in Appendices 1 during the initial survey. The class may be and 2 for reference. confirmed, suspended, renewed and restored 3.4 The assignment of a class to the ship is for a period of time (specified by the River certified by issuance of Classification Certifi- Register) or withdrawn during other types of cate where (as in other ship documents) the surveys. Assignment, renewal and restoration class formula is specified for the ship on the of class are certified by issuance of Classifica- basis of initial survey results. tion Certificate or by confirmation of Certifi- cate's validity period. 3.5 The main symbols in the class formula of inland navigation ships are letters "Ë", "Ð", "Î" and "Ì", which determine the design fea- 3.2 The ship's class assignment is per- tures of a ship and the water basin category formed in accordance with ship's design fea- where the ship is allowed for operation. tures and classification of water basins where The main symbols in the class formula for the ship shall be operated. the ships operating in the sea areas are letter combinations "Î-ÏÐ", "Ì-ÏÐ" and "Ì-ÑÏ", 3.3 Inland water basins are classed on cate- which determine the design features of the gories "Ë", "Ð", "Î" and "Ì" due to their ship and her operating conditions in the sea wind-and-wave conditions on the basis of the areas. following: 3.6 Proceeding from the design features of in the basins of "Ë", "Ð" and "Î" categories the ship the main class symbol is added by the the waves of 1 percent probability with 0.6; following supplementary symbols: 1.2 è 2.0 m height respectively have a total .1 the symbol ‡ for the ships built under reoccurrence (probability) for not more than technical supervision of the River Register or 4 percent of navigation time; other Classification Society recognized by the in the basins of "Ì" category the waves of River Register and authorized to perform 3 percent probability with 3.0 m height have a classification and survey of ships, which is put total reoccurrence (probability) for not more in front of the main symbol, e.g. ‡Î; than 4 percent of navigation time.

The sea areas are classed on "Î-ÏÐ", "Ì- 1 Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russian ÏÐ" and "Ì-ÑÏ" categories depending on Federation No. ÍÑ-140-ð dated 22.11.2002 with their wind-and-wave conditions and availabil- amendments introduced by the Orders of the Min- ity of shelter areas. istry of Transport of Russian Federation The list of inland water basins and sea ar- No. ÍÑ-183-ð dated 31.12.2003, No. ÈË-88-ð dated 31.12.2008, No. ÑÀ-29-ð dated 10.04.2009, eas where the ships are operated according to No. ÌÑ-99-ð dated 23.09.2013, No. ÌÑ-89-ð their categories, as well as the operating con- dated 17.07.2014, No. ÌÑ-144-ð dated ditions of the ships are established by a federal 25.09.2014, No. ÎÁ-64-ð-à dated 29.06.2015, body of executive power in the field of trans- No. ÎÁ-65-ð-à dated 29.06.2015 . 3 Ship's class and class formula 13

.2 the permissive wave height in meters and purpose shall be performed according to with the accuracy to within nearest decimal the technical documentation approved by the point is put directly after the main class sym- River Register and under the technical super- bol, e.g. "‡Î2.0". vision of the latter. Calculations and testsshall For high-speed ships: skimmers, ACS, be made according to the Rules' version, hydrofoil ships, air cavern ships and ekrano- which was in force at the moment of devel- plans the wave height restrictions are given as opment of the technical documentation for a fraction with a numerator being the wave re-classification, and shall be directed towards height at displacement mode, and a denomi- the new operating conditions due to changes nator being the wave height in service mode of external stresses, technical characteristics followed by the ship type according to the (draught, water displacement, freeboard etc.), movement principle, e.g. the type of goods carried etc. "‡Ð1.2/0.8 skimmer", «‡Î2.0/1.2 ACS», The works connected with preparing the «‡Î2.0/1.5 hydrofoil ship», «‡Ð1.2/0.4 ek- ship for re-classification for lower class as- ranoplan»; signment shall be performed according to the .3 for ships fitted with special ice technical documentation approved by the strengthenings the wave height value is fol- River Register and under the technical super- lowed by the word "ëåä" (ice) in brackets and vision of the latter provided that the type and the value of thickness of finely broken winter purpose of the ship shall not changed. The ice, in cm, specified by the River Register volume of documentation shall be sufficient when approving the ship design, e.g. "‡Î2.0 for confirmation of ship's components com- (ëåä 20)". Class formula of icebreakers in- pliance with the Rules' requirements applied cludes the word "ëåäîêîë" (icebreaker); for the new class of the ship. .4 for ships fitted with automation means according to the Rules the letter "A" is put 3.10 The River Register may assign a class after all symbols mentioned in para. 1 – 3 of to a ship which is built not under the techni- the present Clause, e.g. "‡Î2.0 (ëåä 20) À". cal supervision of the latter or built under technical supervision of other organization 3.7 The River Register may withdraw or authorized to perform classification and sur- change any symbol in the class formula in the vey of ships. In this case the River Register event of change or violation of conditions shall consider the technical documentation for being the basis for entering that symbol into the ship and perform the analysis of ship de- the class formula. sign compliance with the Rules' requirements, 3.8 Upon ship owner's application the requests elimination of discrepancies detected River Register may perform ship re- and survey of defects for all components of classification. On the basis of such re- the ship including component-by-component classification the main class symbol in the survey of hull structure. Upon completion of class formula of the ship, as well as ship's type the above the River Register shall assign a and/or purpose, may be changed. class to the ship on the basis of initial survey. 3.9 The works connected with preparing 3.11 A ship entry shall be made in the Ship the ship for re-classification for higher class Registry Book after assignment of the River assignment and/or changing the ship's type Register's class. 14 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

4 DOCUMENTS OF THE RIVER REGISTER

4.1 When performing classification the the laws of Russian Federation and the Rules. River Register issues documents specified by

5 REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPS

5.1 The requirements for ships (and their ÏÐ", "Ì-ÑÏ" sea areas are given in the Parts components) intended for operation in "Ë", I – XI of the Rules and Appendices 1 – 3. "Ð", "Î", "Ì" water basins and "Î-ÏÐ", "Ì- 6 List of Inland Water Basins According to their Category for Determination of Areas and Conditions of ... 15

6 LIST OF INLAND WATER BASINS ACCORDING TO THEIR CATEGORY FOR DETERMINATION OF AREAS AND CONDITIONS OF NAVIGATIONS OF THE SHIPS WITH THE CLASS OF RUSSIAN RIVER REGISTER

6.1 Category "Ë" is assigned to the follow- Enisey – from the source to Ust-Abakan ing basins: village; .1 reservoirs: Indigirka – from the source Druzhin vil- Voronezhskoe; lage; Sayano-Shushenskoe — from Verkhny Irtysh – from the source to Omsk City Enisey River to Shagonar City; (mouth of Om River, 1833.5th km of Irtysh River); .2 rivers: th Aldan — from the upper reaches to the Iya – from the source to 180 km; village of Ust-Maya; – from the source to Berezniki City; Amur – from the source to 978th km of Sredny Amur (Blagoveshensk City); – from the source to Zyryanka village; – from the source to Yamalinsky Yar (1776th km of Belaya River); – from the source to the mouth of Vitim River; – from the source to 278.3rd km of Volga River (river port of Tver City); Manych – from the dam of Veselovskoe reservoir to the mouth; Don – from the source to 2689th km of Don River and from the dam Tzymliansk – from the source to Mezen City; Hydroelectric Power Station to Rostov-on- – from the source to Kamen-on-Ob Don City – 3121st km of Don River (mouth City; of Aksay River); (tributary of Angara River) – from th Don – from 3121st km of Don River the source to 330 km; (mouth of Aksay River) to Rostov-on-Don st City – 3151 km of Don River (mouth of (Part 1), art. 2700; 2004, No. 15, art. 1519, No. Koysug River)*; 45, art. 4377; 2005, No. 52 (Part 1), art. 5581; 2006, No. 50, art. 5279; 2007, No. 46, art. 5557, No. 50, art. 6246; 2008, No. 29 (Part 1), art. 3418, * N o t e : the symbol * marks the areas of No. 30 (Part 2), art. 3616, No. 49, art. 5748; 2009, inland waterways of Russian Federation where the No. 1, art. 30, No. 29, art. 3625; 2010, No. 27, navigating conditions and hydrographic character- art. 3425, No. 48, art. 6246; 2011, No. 23, art. istics of ships operation and safety navigation com- 3253, No. 25, art. 3534, No. 30 (Part 1), art. 4590, ply with the requirements of merchant shipping 4596, No. 45, art. 6335, No. 48, art. 6728; 2012, and are regulated by the Federal Law No. 81-ÔÇ No. 18, art. 2128, No. 25, art. 3268, No. 31, art. dated 30 April 1999 «Merchant Shipping Code of 4321; 2013, No. 30 (Part 1), art. 4058; 2014, No. the Russian Federation» (Collection of Legislative 6, art. 566, No. 42, art. 5615, No. 48, art. 6659; Acts of the Russian Federation, 1999, No. 18, art. 2015, No. 1 (Part 1), art. 89, No. 13, art. 1810, 2207; 2001, No. 22, art. 2125; 2003, No. 27 No. 29 (Part 1), art. 4339, 4356). 16 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

Oka (tributary of Volga River) – from the lage of Gorodok (22nd km) to the village of source to the mouth; Nikolo-Petrovka (15th km); Olenyok – from the source to Ust- Reservoir – from the city of Olenyok village; Kamen-na-Obi (497th km from the confluence Petchora – from the source to Ust- of Biya and Katun River s) to the village of Tsylma village; Maletino (530th km from the confluence of – from the source to the Biya and Katun River s), from the upper ap- mouth of Pinega River ; proach channel of Novosibirsk lock to the 3rf Yana – from the source to Yansky village; km of Berd River ; – from the city of .3 lakes, canals and rivers not specified in Cherepovets (540th km of Nizhnyya Items 6.2 – 6.4. River) to the village of Vichelovo; 6.2 The «Ð» category is assigned to the fol- Reservoir – from Syzransky lowing basins: bridge to the dam of Saratov Hydroelectric .1 lakes: Power Station; Beloe; Sayano-Shushenskoe – from the city of Ilmen; Shagonar to the dam of Sayano-Shushenskaya Kubenskoe; Hydroelectric Power Station; Pskovskoe; Ust-Ilmenskoe; Teletskoe (from Artybash village to Azhin Reservoir; Cape); Sheksninskoe; Chudskoe; .3 rivers: Onega (during navigation period from Aldan — from the village of Ust-Maya to May to September inclusively): within the the mouth; water areas of Petrozavodskaya Guba bay, Amur – from 978th km of Sredny Amur Kondopozhskaya Guba bay and Velikaya (Blagoveshchensk City) to the line connecting Guba bay, Kizhi skerries; Gulf of Bolshoe the mouth of Polovinka River and the Cape Onego to the north of parallel 62°10'00,0'' N Kuklya (Nikolayevsk-on-Amur); including Gorskaya Guba bay, Bolshaya Liz- Anadyr — from the source to the zero hemskaya Guba bay, Unitskaya Guba bay, kilometer, Cape Amerikanskaya Koshka; Zaonezhsky Gulf to the north of parallel Anadyr – from the zero kilometer, Cape 62°15 N, Povenetsky Gulf ; Amerikanskaya Koshka, along the ship chan- .2 reservoirs: nel of Onemen Gulf to the line connecting Zaseleniya Cape and Alyumka isle and then Boguchanskoe; going to the stream Promyslovy*; Bureyskoe; Angara – from the dam of Irkutsk Hy- Veselovskoe; droelectric Power Station to the village of Gorkovskoe; Nizhneye Barkhatovo; from the dam of th Zeyskoe – from the dam to 65 km and Boguchanskaya Hydroelectric Power Station th upstream of 180 km; to the mouth; Irkutskoe; Belaya — from Yamalinsy Yar (1776th km Krasnodarskoe; of Belaya River) to the mouth; Krasnoyarskoe – along Enisey River from Velikaya (Bolshaya) — from the source to the village of Ust-Abakan to the pier of Cher- the influx into Anadyr River ; nogorsk; along Derbino River from 30th km to Volga – from the 278.3rd km of the Volga the mouth; along Ezagash River from 20th km River (river station of Tver City) to Koprino to the mouth; along Sisim River from 20th km village (including Ivankovskoe and Uglich to the mouth; along Syda River from 25th km Reservoirs), from the dam of Rybinsk Hy- to the mouth; along Tuba River from the vil- droelectric Power Station to the mouth of 6 List of Inland Water Basins According to their Category for Determination of Areas and Conditions of ... 17

Elnat River, from the dam of Gorkovskaya Neva River – along the lower border of Hydroelectric Power Station to the mouth of Tuchkov bridge, along Malaya Nevka River River, from the dam of Cheboksarskaya along the lower border of Bolshoy Petrovsky Hydroelectric Power Station to the village of bridge, along Bolshaya Nevka and Srednyya Kamskoe Ustye, from the dam of Kuiby- Nevka River s – to meridian 030°13'00,0'' E; shevskaya Hydroelectric Power Station to Ob — from the dam of Novosibirsk Hy- Syzransky bridge, from the dam of Saratov droelectric Power Station to Yamsal bar along Hydroelectric Power Station to Uveksky the Khamanelskaya Ob River and along the bridge, from the dam of Volgogradskaya branch of Bolshaya Narechinskaya Ob to (Volzhskaya) Hydroelectric Power Station to Nachalny isle; the village of Streletskoe; Oka (Tributary of Angara River) — from Volga – from the village of Streletskoe to 330th km to the village of Toporok; the village of Krasnye Barrikady (0 km of Pechora — from the village of Ust- Volga-Caspian canal)*; Tsilma to the city of Naryan-Mar; Don – from Rostov-on-Don City (3151st Pechora – from Naryan-Mar City to km of Don River, mouth of Koysug River) to Alekseevsky isle including Vasilkovo Gulf *; the meridian 039î12'00,0'' E including Azovo- Svir; Donskoy maritime canal, outer roads No. 6 Northern Dvina — from the mouth of and the Kalancha arm to the halting point Pinega River to the mouth of Uyma River ; Dugino*; Northern Dvina – from the mouth of Enisey – from the dam of Krasnoyarsk Uyma River : Hydroelectric Power Station to the city of To Lapominka village along Korabelny Igarka; arm including Maymaksa and Kuznechikha Indigirka — from the village of Druzhina Rivers*, to Nemkov isle; To Cape Knevaty along Murmansky arm*, Irtysh – from Omsk City (mouth of Om River, 1833.5th km of Irtysh River) to the To the entrance into the branch between Nikolsky isle and Uglomin isle along Nikolsky mouth; arm including the branch of Korytka and the Iya — from 180th to 45th km; water area of City within the Kama – from the dam of Kama Hydroe- limits of Yagra isle shore in the north, lectric Power Station to Chastye pier, from mainland shore in the south, reinforced- the dam of Votkinsk Hydroelectric Power th concrete mole in the west and Bolshoy Chay- Station to the town of Ust-Belsk (1756 km achy isle and reinforced-concrete bridge of Kama River), from the dam of Nizhne- across the branch of Korytka in the east*; kamsk Hydroelectric Power Station to the city The mouth reach of Northern Dvina of Chistopol; River: Kanchalan – from the source to the influx Konetsdvorka branch (from Onishevka into Anadyr River ; branch to Svinets isle), Kolyma — from the village of Zyryanka Onishevka branch (from Kiselev isle to to the village of Chersky; the front edge of Khop isle), Kolyma – from the village of Chersky to Rybolovka branch (front edge of Kego the village of Mikhalkino*; isle to Onishevka branch), Lena – from the mouth of Vitim River to Perednyya branch (from Onishevka the village of Zhigansk; branch to Chubola village), Mezen – from Mezen City to the mouth Khabarka branch (front edge of Khabarka of Bolshaya Chetsa River *; isle to Pustosh village), Neva – from the source to the border of Podborka branch (from Maymaks arm to inland waterways: along Bolshaya Neva River Lapaminka village); – Blagoveshchensky bridge; along Malaya Selenga; 18 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

Tazovskaya Guba bay – from the mouth 2. The covers onboard the ships of «Ð» class of Taz River to the parallel 68°00'00,0'' N; navigating the Bureyskoe Reservoir, Amur River (with tributaries) – upstream of from the city of Khabarovsk to the city of Niko- layevsk-on-Amur, in Onemen Gulf, Anadyr River Novorybnaya village; throat, Kanchalan bay and from Yana – from the village of Yansky to the dam of Saratov Hydroelectric Power Station to Uedey village; Syzransky bridge shall meet the requirements .4 canals: specified for the «Î» class ships. Belomorsky entrance canal to the point The open ships of «Ð» class are allowed to 64°34'48,0'' N, 035°14'00,0'' E*; navigate the abovementioned part of Saratov Res- Volga-Baltic – from the Lake Onega to ervoir at the wind speed not exceeding 8 m/s. the dam of Sheksninskaya Hydroelectric 3. The ships of «Ð» class are allowed to navi- Power Station including Sizminsky expansion; gate the Angara (100 – 145 km, 205 – 245 km, Volga-Don – from City (lower 260 – 290 km) and Ilim (50 – 110 km) directions of Ust-Ilmenskoe Reservoir at the wave height approach canal of lock No. 1, 2588,6th km of h1% = 1.2 m and being fitted with the equipment the Volga River) to the lower border of oil- according to the requirements specified in the th loading Pyatiizbyanskie roads (2701,6 km of Rules for the «Î» class ships. the Volga River); 4. The ships of «Ð» class are allowed to navi- Volga-Caspian canal – from the village of gate the Sayano-Shushenskoe Reservoir from the Krasnye Barrikady (0 km of the canal) city of Shagonar to the mouth of Bedelig River if to 146th km of the canal*; they are fitted with the equipment required for the – from the pier of Bol- «Î» class ships. shaya Volga to the lock No. 7; 6.3 The «O» category is assigned to the fol- .5 gulfs: lowing basins: Kaliningradsky (Vistula Lagoon) Gulf in- cluding the sea port and canal of Kaliningrad .1 lakes: (except for the remote sea terminal Pionersky) Vygozero; to the line connecting the ends of the north- Lake Ladoga during the navigation period ern and southern moles of the port of Balti- from May to September inclusively: west area ysk*; – to the west of the line connecting Cape Kanchalan*; Pesotsky Nos, western edge of Konevets isle Kurshsky Gulf to the line connecting the and Cape Kurkiniemi; north area – to the ends of the northern and southern moles of north of the line connecting Zayachy isle, the entrance gate to the port of Klaipeda*; Nikonovsky isle and north-west edge of Onemen*. Valaam isle to Pitkyaranta City including 2 mile coastal area around the Valaam isle; .6 The harbour of Vyborg merchant port*; south area – to the south of the line connect- .7 Yeysky firth to the east of the line con- ing Cape Moryn Nos, point with coordinates necting the northern edge of Yeyskaya spit 032°30'00,0'' E, 60°41'00,0'' N, point with and the southern edge of Yeyskaya isle; coordinates 032°30'00,0'' E, 60°40'00,0'' N eastern edge of Yeyskaya Kosa isle with the and along the parallel 60°40'00,0'' N to the basis of Glafirovskaya spit on the parallel shoreline; 46°46'18,0 N*; N o t e . The navigation in the Lake Ladoga in the «Î» category areas is allowed to the ships with .8 Nevskaya Guba – from the border of «Î 2,0» class, in the west, north and south areas inland waterways to the dam along the line from May to September inclusively at the wave connecting Gorskaya village – Kronshtadt height h3%  1.5 m. City – Lomonosov City*. The ships navigating in Ladoga and Onega N o t e s . 1. The passenger ships operating in Lake s shall be fitted with collective life-saving the Gorkovskoe Reservoir from the city of equipment in accordance with the standards speci- Yuryevets to the dam are to be of «Î» class. fied for the ships of «Ì» class. 6 List of Inland Water Basins According to their Category for Determination of Areas and Conditions of ... 19

Lake Onega during the navigation period Novosibirsk Reservoir — from the village from May to September inclusively: of Maletino to the dam of Novosibirsk Hy- areas to the west and north of the line droelectric Power Station; connecting the mouth of Vytegra River and Rybinsk Reservoir excluding its northern the crossing point of the line, connecting the part from the city of Cherepovets (540th km of mouth of Vytegra River and the south edge of Nizhnyya Sheksna River) to the village of Suysari isle, and the parallel 61°45'00,0'' N Vichelovo; and then going across to the south edge of Tsimlyansk Reservoir — from the lower Rechnoy isle to the shoreline; border of oil-loading Pyatiizbyanskie roads 5 mile coastal area along the isles Bolshoy (2701.6th km of the Volga River) to the dam Klimenetsky and Rechnoy and Peninsula of Tsimlyansk Hydroelectric Power Station; Zaonezhye to the parallel 62°15'00,0'' N; .3 rivers: Teletskoe (from Cape Azhyn to the Amur – from the line connecting the mouth of Chulyshman River); mouth of Polovinka River and Cape Kuklya .2 reservoirs: (Nikolayevsk-on-Amur City) to the line con- Bratsk Reservoir — along Angara River necting Astrakhanovka village and Subbotino from N. Barkhatovo village to dam of Bratsk village (Nikolayevsk-on-Amur City)*; Hydroelectric Power Station; Anadyr – from the line connecting Cape along Oka River from the village of Zaseleniya and Alyumka isle and then going Toporok to the mouth; along Iya River from along the stream Promyslovy along the ship the 45th km to the mouth; channel to Nikolaya spit*; Volgograd Reservoir — from Uveksky Enisey – from Igarka City to Ust-Port*; bridge to the dam of Volgogradskaya Kolyma – from Mikhalkino village to (Volzhskaya) Hydroelectric Power Station; Cape Medvezhy*; Votkinsk Reservoir — from the pier Lena – from Zhigansk village to Cape Chastye to the dam of Votkinsk Hydroelectric Bykov; Power Station; Lena – from Cape Bykov to the sea port Zeyskoe — from 65th to 180th km of the of Tiksi City*; reservoir; Mezen – from the mouth of Bolshaya — from the city of Chetsa River to the line crossing the perpen- Berezniki to the dam of Kama Hydroelectric dicular axis of the navigation pass in the point Power Station; with coordinates 66°10'30,0'' N 043°58'31,8'' Krasnoyarskoe — along Enisey River E*; from the pier Chernogorsk to the dam of Pechora – from Alekseevsky isle to the Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Station; line connecting Cape Bolvansky Nos and the along Tuba River from the village of Nikolo- north edge of Lovetsky isle*; Petrovka (15th km) to the mouth; Northern Dvina – along Korabelny arm Kuibyshevskoe — along the Volga River from Lapominka village to the south edge of from the village of Kamskoe Ustye to the dam Mudyugsky isle; along Murmansky arm from of Kuibyshevskaya Hydroelectric Power Sta- Cape Knevaty to Kumbysh isle; along Nikol- tion; along Kama River from the city of sky arm from the south-east edge of Uglomin Chistopol to the village of Kamskoe Ustye; isle to the north edge of Yagra isle*; Nizhnekamsk Reservoir — from the vil- Nadymskaya Ob – from the village of Sa- lage of Ust-Belsk (1766th km of Kama River) lemal to Obskaya Guba bay and Obskaya to the dam of Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Guba bay to the line Novy Port – village of Power Station; Yamburg; 20 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

Tazovskaya Guba bay – from parallel .1 lakes: 68°00'00,0'' N to the line connecting Cape Baikal; Povorotny and Antipayuta village; Ladoga (except for areas specified in the Anabar – from Yuryung-Khaya to Cape subparagraph 1 of paragraph 3 of the present Khorgo*; Annex); river bars: Indigirka from Nemkov isle, Onega (except for areas specified in the Olenyok from the village of Ust-Olenyok, subparagraph 1 of paragraph 2 and subpara- Yana from the village of Uedey – to 5 m graph 1 of paragraph 3 of the present Annex); depth isobath curve; .2 rivers: N o t e . The ships of «Î» class are allowed to navigate the bars of Indigirka, Olenyok and Yana Enisey – from Ust-Port to the northern edge of Brekhovskie isles*; at the wave height h3%  1.5 m. Taganrog Bay – area from meridian Obskaya Guba bay – from the line Novy 039°12'00,0'' E to meridian 038°52'00,0'' E*; Port – village of Yamburg to the line conse- transloading roads of the mouths (bars) of quently connecting the point with coordinates Indigirka, Olenyok and Yana Rivers*; 68°26'00,0'' N, 073°35'00,0'' E (Cape Kamenny); 68°25'00,0'' N, 073°48'00,0'' E; Sevastopol bay including all other bays 69°04'00,0'' N, 073°52'00,0'' E (Cape Trek- being part of it – to the line connecting the hbugorny); northern and southern protecting moles*; Tazovskaya Guba bay – from the line Balaklava bay – to the line connecting the connecting Cape Povorotny and Antipayuta eastern and western entrance capes*; village to Obskaya Guba bay; Donuzlav Lake *. Khatanga Gulf – from the line connecting 6.4 The «M» category is assigned to the Cape Povorotny and Cape Bolshaya Korga to following basins: Cape Kosisty*. 7 List of Sea Navigation Areas for Determination of Areas and Conditions of Navigations of the Ships ... 21

7 LIST OF SEA NAVIGATION AREAS FOR DETERMINATION OF AREAS AND CONDITIONS OF NAVIGATIONS OF THE SHIPS WITH THE CLASS OF RUSSIAN RIVER REGISTER

7.1 In the present Section the navigation irrespective of the class, can not exceed conditions shall be understood as operating 0.2L0.75 value, where L – overall length of the restrictions specified for ships according to ship in meters. areas and seasons of navigation, as well as 3% 7.5 The following abbreviations are used in probability wave height. the Table given below: 7.2 Constant operation in the sea areas is ÃÑ – for cargo self-propelled ships only; allowed for the cargo self-propelled and non- ÊÍ – except for cargo non-self-propelled self-propelled ships, tugboats, passenger dis- towed ships and tugboats; placement self-propelled ships according to ÊÏ – except for passenger self-propelled their class and limitations specified in the displacement ships; Table given below. ÍÁ – for cargo non-self-propelled towed ships and tugboats; 7.3 The navigation conditions for tugboats, ice-breakers, industrial ships, non-self- ÏÁÓ/ÁÑ – for floating drilling out- propelled passenger ships and ships with dy- fits/ships; namic principle of supporting are specified as ÑÑÍ – for special purpose ships; agreed upon with the River Register. ÑÒÔ – for industrial ships; ÐÑ – fishing ships; 7.4 The passenger displacement self- ÒÐ – Technical Regulations on the safety propelled ships are allowed for operation in of inland water transport objects of Russian the sea when the value of 3% probability wave Federation. height in the class formula is equal to the specified one complying with the main class 7.6 The «Ì-ÑÏ» class ships may be oper- symbol. ated in the areas specified for operation of For such ships the permissible distance be- «Ì-Ïл and «Î-Ïл class ships, the «Ì- tween the shelter areas, which provide en- Ïл class ships – in the areas specified for trance and mooring at the wind of all direc- operation of «Î-Ïл class ships. tions, shall not exceed the distance passed by 7.7 The areas and seasons of navigation for the ship within 12 hours at still water and roads (harbour) and port navigation are speci- sailing rate – 70% of the rated one. fied on the basis of special studies carried out The ship is allowed to leave the shelter area by an organization having the Recognition (port) and return to the route of navigation Certificate of the River Register. Such studies when the weather forecast for the next 12 shall be based on the update of long-term hours specifies that the 3% probability wave characteristics of sea in the area under con- height does not exceed the h3% value reduced sideration or evaluation of the maximal possi- by 0.5 m. For the displacement ships of 30 m ble waves in protected water area taking into length and less the predicted wave height, account the ice conditions. 22 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

7.8 The lists of water basins are given in Table 7.8.1, for "Ì-ÏÐ" category - Table the following Tables: for "Ì-ÑÏ" category - 7.8.2, for "Î-ÏÐ" category - Table 7.8.3. T a b l e 7.8.1 «Ì-ÑÏ» navigation areas Additional restrictions Navigation Ship type Sea Geographical borders of navigation area acc. To wave season restrictions height h3%, m 1. Azov Sea No restrictions 3.5 All year - 4.5 around ÏÁÓ/ÁÑ; ÑÑÍ; ÑÒÔ 2. 20-mile costal zone except for the coastal zone of 3.5 All year - eastern and southern coasts from Tuapse port to around Bosphorus strait 20-mile coastal zone along the eastern coast from 3.5 All year ÃÑ, ÐÑ Tuapse port to Batumi port around April - - October 100-mile coastal zone at the distance from the shel- 4.5 All year ÏÁÓ/ÁÑ; ter areas up to 100 n. miles around ÑÑÍ; ÑÒÔ; ÐÑ; cargo self- propelled, towed and rescue ships 3. Caspian To the north of 44°30’00,0'' N; to the south of 3.5 March - - Sea 44°30’00,0'' N 20-mile coastal zone along the east- November ern coast to Kuryk village and along the western coast to the sea port of Makhachkala A sea area of 5 miles width connecting along the 3.5 March - - direct line the port of Turkmenbashi and the port of November Baku. 20-mile coastal zone from Baku port to Ban- dar-e Anzali and from Kuryk village to Turkmen- bashi port 4. Baltic No restrictions including Gulf of Bothnia, Gulf of 3.5 All year - Sea Finland and Gulf of Riga; Oresund Strait, Great and around Little Belt Straits, Kattegat to the south of 57°45’00,0'' N 5. White The Gulfs of Onega, Dvina and Kandalaksha; 3.5 May - - Sea 20-mile coastal zone to the south of 66°45’00,0'' N October To the north of 66°45’00,0'' N to the line connect- 2.5 June - ÊÏ ing Lumbovsky Gulf and the Cape Kanin Nos August 2.0 September ÊÏ 6. Barents 10-mile coastal zone from Cape Kanin Nos along 2.0 September ÊÏ Sea the coast of Kanin Peninsula, and to the south of 2.5 June - ÊÏ 68°00'00,0'' N 3.5 August - 20-mile coastal zone along the south coast from 3.5 June - ÊÏ Cape Svyatoy Nos (Timansky) to Pechorskaya Guba September bay including entrance into the harbour Ramenka on the south coast of Kolguev isle 20-mile coastal zone along the south coast from 3.5 June - ÊÏ Pechorskaya Guba bay to Yugorsky Shar strait; October Pechorskaya Guba bay; Khaypudyrskaya Guba bay 7 List of Sea Navigation Areas for Determination of Areas and Conditions of Navigations of the Ships ... 23

Continuation of Table 7.8.1 Additional restrictions Navigation Ship type Sea Geographical borders of navigation area acc. To wave season restrictions height h3%, m Coastal zone along Kola peninsula within the speci- 3.5 May - ÃÑ objects of fied borders of ship routes from the line connecting September regulation by Lumbovsky Gulf and Cape Kanin Nos to Kola bay ÒÐ Kola bay 3.5 May - ÊÏ September 7. 10-mile coastal zone from Yugorsky Shar strait to 3.5 July - ÊÏ Kharasavey village; Baydaratskaya Guba bay October The south-west part of the sea to the south of the 3.5 July - ÊÏ line connecting Kharasavey village and the crossing September point of 70°00'00,0'' N parallel with the eastern coast of Vaygach isle 20-mile coastal zone along the western and north- 3.5 August - ÊÍ ern coasts Yamal peninsula from Kharasavey village October to Obskaya Guba bay through Malygina strait 3.5 August - ÊÏ September 20-mile coastal zone from Dikson isle to the mouth 3.5 July - ÊÏ of Pyasina River September 8. East Coastal zone along the southern coast within the 3.5 August - ÊÍ Siberian Sea limits up to 15-meter isobath curve from the mouth September of Kolyma River to the sea port of with per- missible distance from the coast up to 7 miles near Letyatkina Cape , Bolshoy Baranov Cape, Malaya Baranikha Cape, mouth of Milkera River and the north-west coast of Ayon isle 9. Sea of Tatarsky strait and Amursky firth to the north of the 3.5 June - - Japan line connecting the Sovetskaya Gavan sea port and October Uglegorsk City to the line connecting Cape Men- shikova and Cape Tamlavo 20-mile coastal zone along the western coast from 3.5 All year - the sea port of Vladivostok City to Preobrazhenya around harbour 10. Laptev Khatanga Gulf ; 3.5 20 July - ÊÍ Sea Vostochny and Severny straits; 20-mile coastal September ÊÏ zone along the northern and eastern coasts of Bol- shoy Begichev isle and from Nordvik peninsula to Cape Terpyay Tumsa; Anabarsky strait; Olenyoksky Gulf limited by the line 5 miles distant to the north from the line con- necting Cape Terpyay Tumsa and the northern edge Aerosemki isles; 5-mile zone around Aerosemki isles; 25-mile coastal zone from Aerosemki isles to the sea port of Tiksi City 11. East 20-mile coastal zone along the southern and west- 3.5 20 July - ÊÍ Siberian Sea ern coast of Bolshoy Lyakhovsky isle from Cape September ÊÏ and Laptev Shalaurov to Cape Vagin Sea 24 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

E n d o f T a b l e 7.8.1 Additional restrictions Navigation Ship type Sea Geographical borders of navigation area acc. To wave season restrictions height h3%, m 20-mile coastal zone around Maly Lyakhovsky isle 3.5 August - Ice-breakers and along the southern and western coast of Kotelny September when per- isle from Malygintseva harbour to Stantsiya lagoon; forming cargo Sea area between the northern coast of Bolshoy delivering Lyakhovsky isle and south-western coast of Kotelny operations isle, and between 140°00'00,0'' E and western edge of Kotelny isle 12. Bering 20-mile coastal zone of Anadyr Gulf in the follow- 3.5 July - ÊÍ Sea ing areas: sea port of Anadyr City – Beringovsky sea September port; sea port of Anadyr City – Egvekinot sea port – Provideniya sea port – Lavrentiya Gulf T a b l e 7.8.2 «Ì-Ïл navigation areas Additional restrictions Navigation Ship type Sea Geographical borders of navigation area acc. To wave season restrictions height h3%, m 1. Azov Sea No restrictions1 - March - - November

2. Black 10-mile coastal zone from Kerch Strait to the sea - April - - Sea City October 10-mile coastal zone around Crimean Peninsula - April - - from Kerch Strait to the crossing of 45°00'00,0'' N September on the western coast of Crimean Peninsula 20-mile coastal zone in the north-west part to the - April - - north of 45°00'00,0'' N from the Gulf of Kalamita to October the port of (Ilyichyovsk) 10-mile coastal zone from port of Chornomorsk - April - - (Ilyichyovsk) to Dunayskaya Prorva October 3. Azov Sea Kerch Strait to the north of the line passing through - March - - and Black the ends of Tuzla Spit November Sea Kerch Strait from the line passing through the ends - April - 20 - of Tuzla Spit to the line consequently connecting November Takil Cape, anchorage with coordinates 45°06’00,0'' N, 036°33’00,0'' E and Panagiya Cape 4. Caspian To the north of 44°30’00,0'' N - March - ÊÏ2 Sea November 5. Baltic Gulf of Finland to the east of the line consequently - April - - Sea3 connecting the Cape Piyytenina, Vigrund Isle, Mo- November schny Isle, Somers Isle, southern edge of Cape Krestovy; Gulf of Riga 10-mile coastal zone along the southern coast of the 2.0 April - ÊÍ Gulf of Finland from the Cape Piyytenina to the November ÊÏ Gulf of Riga 7 List of Sea Navigation Areas for Determination of Areas and Conditions of Navigations of the Ships ... 25

Continuation of Table 7.8.2 Additional restrictions Navigation Ship type Sea Geographical borders of navigation area acc. To wave season restrictions height h3%, m 6. Barents Pechorskaya Guba bay to the line consequently - July - - Sea connecting the Chernaya village, Gulyaevskie Koshki September Isles, Cape Russky Zavorot; Khaypudyrskaya Guba bay to the south of 68°45’00,0'' N 7. White Gulf of Onega to the south of the line consequently - May - - Sea connecting Kem village, northern edge of Solovet- October skie Isles, Zhizhginsky Isle Dbina Bay to the south of the line connecting May - ÊÍ Zhizhginsky Isle and the northern edge of Mudyug- October sky Isle 2.0 May - ÊÏ October ÍÁ 4-mile coastal zone around Zhizhginsky Isle - - May - October

8. Kara Sea Obskaya Guba bay to the north of the line conse- - July - - quently connecting the point with the following co- October ordinates: 68°26’00,0'' N, 073°35’00,0'' E (Cape Kamenny); 68°25’00,0'' N, 073°48’00,0'' E; 69°04’00,0'' N, 073°52’00,0'' E (Cape Trekhbugorny) Gydansky and Enisey Gulfs to the south of the line - July - - consequently connecting the northern edge of Sho- September kalsky Isle, northern edge of Sibiryakova Isle, Dik- son Isle; 3-mile coastal zone around Shokalsky Isle 5-mile coastal zone around the northern coast of - July - ÊÏ Yamal Peninsula from Cape Poelovo to Cape October Khasalya; Malygina Strait between the line connect- ing Cape Khasalya and Cape Shuberta and the line connecting Cape Golovina and Cape Malygina 9. Laptev From the sea port of Tiksi City to the mouth of - 20 July - - Sea and East Yana River and 20-mile coastal zone along the September Siberian Sea southern coast from the mouth of Yana River to the mouth of Kolyma River 10. Sea of Tatarsky Strait to the north of the line connecting - June - - Okhotsk and Chikhacheva Bay and Cape Uandi, and Amursky October Firth to the south of the line connecting Cape Men- shikova and Cape Tamlavo 11. Sea of 20-mile coastal zone along the south-eastern coast - June - - Okhotsk of Sakhalin Gulf from Cape Tamlavo to Moskalvo October sea port 1 The navigation areas in Taganrog Bay at the lines Azov – Taganrog – Yeysk are assigned to the passen- ger self-propelled displacement ships designed for navigation on inland waterways and re-classed for higher class, or built using components of other inland water ships which were previously in operation 2 The operation of the passenger self-propelled displacement ships is allowed only when they are used for accommodation of special personnel in protected water areas 26 RCCS. Part 0 “Classification”

E n d o f T a b l e 7.8.2 3 Except for the passenger self-propelled displacement ships designed for navigation on inland waterways and re-classed for higher class, or built using components of other inland water ships which were previ- ously in operation T a b l e 7.8.3 «Î-Ïл navigation areas Additional restrictions Navigation Ship type Sea Geographical borders of navigation area acc. To wave season restrictions height h3%, m 1. Azov Taganrog Bay to the line consequently connecting - March - - Sea1 Dolgaya Spit, Berdyanskaya Spit, port of Berdyansk November City and 20-mile coastal zone along the eastern coast to 45°21’00,0'' N 20-mile coastal zone along the north-western coast - March - - from the port of Berdyansk City to the port of Gen- November ichesk City 2. Black 5-mile coastal zone along the northern coast from - March - - Sea the port of Skadovsk City to the port of City November 5-mile coastal zone along the north-western coast - March - - from the City to Dunayskaya Prorva October 3. Caspian To the north of the line consequently connecting - April - - Sea2 Cape Suyutkina Kosa, southern edge of Tyuleny Isle, November point with coordinates 45°00'00,0'' N, 048°35’00,0'' E and passing along the parallel 4500'00,0'' N to the coast line; Mangyshlaksky Bay to the north of 44°45’00,0'' N To the east of the line connecting the point with - April - ÊÍ coordinates 45°00'00,0'' N, 049°30’00,0'' E and the November point with coordinates 44°30’00,0'' N, 050°15’00,0'' E 1.5 April - - November

4. Baltic 5-mile coastal zone of the Gulf of Riga from the 1.5 April - - Sea3 mouth of Daugava (Western Dvina) River to the October mouth of Gauja River Gulf of Finland to the east of the line connecting - May - - Kotlin Isle and Zelenogorsk City, Kronshtadsky ship October channel and 10- mile coastal zone along the north- ern coast from Zelenogorsk City to the sea port of Byborg City 5. White : 5-mile coastal zone from the mouth of 1.5 June - - Sea Mezen River to the mouth of River; September : 5-mile coastal zone from Belomorsk City to Kem City; : 5-mile coastal zone from the mouth of Northern Dvina River to Severodvinsk City 6. Laptev Olenyoksky Gulf: 10-mile coastal zone from Olen- 1.5 August - ÊÏ Sea yokskaya arm to the mouth of Olenyok River September 7 List of Sea Navigation Areas for Determination of Areas and Conditions of Navigations of the Ships ... 27

E n d o f T a b l e 7.8.3 Additional restrictions Navigation Ship type Sea Geographical borders of navigation area acc. To wave season restrictions height h3%, m 7. Sea of Sakhalin Gulf from the line connecting Cape Men- 1.5 June - ÊÏ Okhotsk shikova and Cape Tamlavo within Nevelsky and September Sakhalinsky ship channels, to the south of the point with coordinates 53°29'30,0'' N, 141°22'48,0'' E and coastal zone limited with the line connecting the point with coordinates 53°29'30,0'' N, 141°22'48,0'' E and the entrance ship channel of Baykal Gulf 8. Sea of Amursky Firth to the south of the line connecting - June - - Okhotsk and Cape Menshikova and Cape Tamlavo and to the September Sea of Japan north of the line connecting Cape Yuzhny and Cape Tyk Tatarsky Strait: 1.5 June - ÊÏ 10-mile coastal zone along the western coast from September Cape Yuzhny to Chikhacheva Bay 9. Azov Sea Kerch Strait to the north of the line passing through - March - - and Black the ends of Tuzla Spit November Sea Kerch Strait from the line passing through the ends 1.5 April - 20 - of Tuzla Spit to the line consecutively connecting November Cape Takil, anchorage with coordinates 45°06’00,0'' N, 036°33’00,0'' E and Cape Panagiya 1 The navigation areas in Taganrog Bay at the lines Azov – Taganrog – Yeysk are assigned to the passen- ger self-propelled displacement ships designed for navigation on inland waterways and re-classed for higher class, or built using components of other inland water ships which were previously in operation 2 The operation of the passenger self-propelled displacement ships is allowed only when they are used for accommodation of special personnel in protected water areas 3 Except for the passenger self-propelled displacement ships designed for navigation on inland waterways and re-classed for higher class, or built using components of other inland water ships which were previ- ously in operation