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SHIPPING REGISTER OF UKRAINE KYIV 2014 УДК 656.6 Shipping Register of Ukraine. General provisions on technical supervision activities. Rules for classification and construction of vessels. Part I "Classification". Volume 1 This volume includes " General provisions on technical supervision activities" and Part I «Classification" of Rules for classification and construction of vessels. Documents are approved under the relevant regulations and take effect on 01.10.2014. Official edition of Shipping Register of Ukraine © Shipping Register of Ukraine, 2014 CONTENTS GENERAL PROVISIONS ON TECHNICAL SUPERVISION ACTIVITIES 5 1. GENERAL PROVISION 1.1 AREA OF DISTRIBUTION 5 1.2 TECHNICAL SUPERVISION ACTIVITIES 5 1.3 RULES 8 1.4 DOCUMENTS 10 1.5 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE REGISTER 12 1.6 PRIVACY 13 1.7 TERMS OF PROVISIONS 13 2. TECHNICAL SUPERVISION 2.1 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 13 2.2 SUPERVISION OVER MANUFACTURING OF MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS 14 2.3 SUPERVISION OVER CONSTRUCTION, RENEWAL OR RE-EQUIPMENT OF 2.4 SURVEY OF VESSELS AND SOPs IN OPERATION 15 2.5 SURVEYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS 15 2.6 CONFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE 16 RULES FOR CLASSIFICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF VESSELS 23 PART I CLASSIFICATION 1. GENERAL PROVISION 21 1.1 RULES 23 1.2 DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS 24 1.3 AREA OF DISTRIBUTION 37 2 SHIP'S CLASS 78 2.1 GENERAL 79 2.2 SHIP’S CLASS SYMBOL 81 2.3 ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS 110 2.4 CHANGE OF CLASS SYMBOL SIGNS 111 3 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 111 3.4 CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS THAT MEET THE PROVISIONS OF DIRECTIVE 2013/53 / EU AND VESSELS WITH OCS CLASS 111 4. TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION 114 General provisions on technical supervision activities 4.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 115 4.2 PROJECT DOCUMENTATION OF THE VESSEL IN CONSTRUCTION 116 4.3 PROGRAMMES OF MOORING AND SEA TRIALS 142 4.4 TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION FOR RENEWED VESSELS, CONVERTED OR RECLASSIFIED VESSELS 142 5. CLASSIFICATION OF REFREGIRATION UNIT 143 5.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 144 5.2 CLASS OF THE REFRIGERATION UNIT 144 5.3 REFRIGERATION UNIT TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION 146 General provisions on technical supervision activities 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1.1 AREA OF DISTRIBUTION 1.1.1 These General provisions on the technical supervision activities apply to classification and other activities of classification society Shipping Register of Ukraine1 carried out during: review and approval of technical documentation for the construction, repair, re- equipment and modernization of vessels and stationary offshore platforms2, manufacture of materials and products for ships and SOPs; technical supervision over the construction, repair, re-equipment and modernization of vessels and SOPs; survey of vessels and SOPs in operation. 1.2 TECHNICAL SUPERVISION ACTIVITIES 1.2.1 The Register is the national classification society which carries out technical supervision and classification of civilian seagoing ships, vessels of combined and inland navigation and small ships. The Register is a member of the International Association of Technical Supervision and Classification Institutions (TSCI) and takes into account in its activity decisions of TSCI ethics and standards TSCI. The Register has a quality management system that meets the requirements of the applicable standard of Ukraine of ISO 9001 (ISO 9001), as confirmed by the relevant certificate. The Register, also, by order and on behalf of the Government of Ukraine or on behalf of other governments carries within its competence surveys in accordance with international conventions, agreements and contracts, IWSolving these countries. 1.2.2 The Register is an independent organization of technical experts. Register acts impartially and neutrally. 1.2.3 The Register establishes technical requirements ensuring safe conditions of navigation of ships according to their purpose, the protection of human life and the preservation of cargoes carried at sea and on inland waterways, prevention of pollution from ships, performs surveys in accordance with these requirements, classifies ships and SOPs establishes gross and net tonnage of sea ships and vessels of combined navigation and tonnage characteristics of inland navigation vessels and small ships under the technical supervision of the Register, as a result of ships measurement. 1 Hereinafter - Register. 2 Hereinafter - SOPs. General provisions on technical supervision activities 1.2.4 The Register's activity on technical supervision is based on the Regulations published by the Register and is intended to determine whether vessels and SOPs that are registered by the Register, as well as materials and products intended for construction and repair of ships and SOPs and their equipment are in compliance with the Regulations and additional requirements. Application and implementation of the Rules and additional requirements is the responsibility of design organizations, shipowners, shipyards and companies that manufacture materials and products, which are subject to the requirements of the Regulations. Interpretation of the requirements of the Rules and other regulatory documents of the Register is the responsibility solely of the Register. The Register activity does not replace the activities of public authorities in the field of transport and in fisheries on state supervision for merchant shipping and technical control activities of shipowners, shipyards and manufacturers. 1.2.5 The Register's classification activities include: the development and publication of the Rules and other regulations; review and approval of technical documentation; carry out of surveys during the construction, re-equipment, upgrading and repair of ships and SOPs in the manufacture and repair of products and production of materials used in shipbuilding; carry out of surveys of ships and SOPs in operation; assignment and renewal of class; development and issue of the Register's documents. 1.2.6 Other activities of the Register include: surveys of vessels and SOPs during the construction, re-equipment, upgrading and repair, as well as the manufacture and repair of products and production materials used in shipbuilding, in accordance with the international conventions and agreements; surveys of vessels and SOPs in operation in accordance with the international conventions and agreements; registration of ships and SOPs; IWSestigation and registration of accidents on ships and SOPs; initiative ships surveys, including surveys on Port State Control / Flag State requirements; expertise on technical issues; other activities not related to the classification of ships and SOPs. 1.2.7 Endorsement or certification of compliance of ships and SOPs, as well as ship's equipment, materials and products that are the objects of technical supervision with the requirements of the regulations and standards of the Register is exclusively the competence of the Register. General provisions on technical supervision activities Any documents or statement that during the construction of the vessel or SOP, or manufacture of marine equipment, materials and products that are subject to technical supervision regulations of the Register were adhered are not valid unless appropriate certificates or certificates of the Register have been provided. 1.2.8 Application of Rules for classification and construction of vessels and SOPs does not apply to possible claims for protecting the rights of third parties. 1.2.9 The Register classifies civilian sea and river (sea, mixed (sea-river and river-sea) and inland navigation, small) vessels and SOPs and carries out technical supervision of these vehicles and SOPs in the construction and operation, except sport vessels and vessels of State Fish Industry Agency (self-propelled - with main engine capacity of less than 55 kW, non-self-propelled - with a gross tonnage of less than 80 register tons), and besides, ships and boats with a maximum length of the hull of 2.5 meters, except watercrafts, water cycles, including "bananas" and the alike; surfboards, including those with a sail or drive; antique and historical ships and their copies labeled as such by the manufacturer; canoes, kayaks, gondolas and water bikes. Application of Rules for classification and construction of vessels to a specific vessel, depending on her type and purpose, is carried out according to their area of distribution pursuant to 1.3 of Part I "Classification" of these Rules. 1.2.10 The Register carries out the survey of ship's refrigeration plants regarding ship safety, proper transportation, prevention of refrigerating agent impact on the environment concerning ozone depletion and classifies refrigeration plants on vessels. 1.2.11 The Register carries out surveys of ship's cargo handling gear with lifting capacity 1 ton or more. 1.2.12 Technological devices and special gears of fishing, cable, technical and special-purpose fleet vessels are not subject to supervision of the Register, except for equipment specified in the relevant parts of the Rules. 1.2.13 The Register considers and approves standards and other regulatory documents related to its activities. Standards and regulations applied without prior approval of the Registers are considered by the Register for compliance with the applicable requirements of Rules within the scope of the technical documentation provide for approval. 1.2.14 The Register may perform expertise and participate in examination of technical matters within the scope of its activities. 1.2.15 The Register publishes the register book of ships, which contains information about vessels longer than 24 meters,