CENTRAL COMMISSION FOR THE NAVIGATION ON THE RHINE RHINE VESSELS INSPECTION REGULATIONS (RVBR) 1995 Note: The present publication has been compiled by the UNECE secretariat on the basis of available translations of the parts of the RVBR prepared in the course of amendment of the annex to resolution No.17, revised: “Recommendations on Technical Requirements for Inland Navigation Vessels”. Since the publication of those RVBR translations, amendments have been made by the CCNR to some of the provisions contained therein. The text reproduced below does not represent therefore an authentic English text of the up to date version of RVBR. The up to date text of RVBR in German, and French may be consulted at the official CCNR website: http://www.ccr-zkr.org/. COM AL MI R SS T I N O E N C F O E R N I N H A V R I E GA H TION ON T REVISION OF THE RHINE VESSELS INSPECTION REGULATIONS CONTENTS PART I Chapter 1 General provisions Article Page 1.01 Definitions ............................................................................................................ 1 1.02 Scope..................................................................................................................... 6 1.03 Inspection certificate............................................................................................. 6 1.04 Canal barges navigating between Basel and the Iffezheim locks......................... 6 1.05 Seagoing ships ...................................................................................................... 7 1.06 Temporary requirements....................................................................................... 7 1.07 Directives to the Inspection Commissions............................................................ 7 Chapter 2 Procedure 2.01 Inspection Commissions....................................................................................... 8 2.02 Request for inspection.......................................................................................... 8 2.03 Presentation of the vessel for inspection............................................................... 8 2.04 Issue of the inspection certificate.......................................................................... 9 2.05 Provisional inspection certificate.......................................................................... 9 2.06 Validity of the inspection certificate..................................................................... 10 2.07 Particulars and amendments to the inspection certificate..................................... 10 2.08 Special inspection ................................................................................................. 11 2.09 Additional inspection............................................................................................ 11 2.10 Voluntary inspection............................................................................................. 11 2.11 Official visit ......................................................................................................... 12 2.12 Certification by a classification society................................................................ 12 2.13 Withholding and return of the certificate.............................................................. 12 2.14 Duplicate copy ...................................................................................................... 12 2.15 Expenses ............................................................................................................... 13 2.16 Information ........................................................................................................... 13 2.17 Register of inspection certificates......................................................................... 13 2.18 Official number..................................................................................................... 13 2.19 Equivalences and derogations............................................................................... 14 II PART II Construction, equipment and gear Chapter 3 Structural requirements Article Page 3.01 Basic requirement ................................................................................................. 17 3.02 Hull strength and stability..................................................................................... 17 3.03 Hull ....................................................................................................................... 18 3.04 Engine and boiler rooms, bunkers ........................................................................ 19 Chapter 4 Safety distance, freeboard and draught marks 4.01 Safety distance...................................................................................................... 21 4.02 Freeboard .............................................................................................................. 21 4.03 Minimum freeboard .............................................................................................. 23 4.04 Draught marks....................................................................................................... 23 4.05 Maximum loaded draught of vessels whose holds are not always closed so as to be sprayproof and weathertight .................................................... 24 4.06 Draught scales....................................................................................................... 24 Chapter 5 Manoeuvrability 5.01 General.................................................................................................................. 25 5.02 Navigation tests..................................................................................................... 25 5.03 Test area................................................................................................................ 25 5.04 Degree of loading of vessels and convoys during navigation tests ...................... 25 5.05 Use of on-board facilities for navigation test........................................................ 26 5.06 Prescribed maximum speed (forward).................................................................. 26 5.07 Stopping capacity.................................................................................................. 26 5.08 Navigability while going astern............................................................................ 26 5.09 Capacity to take evasive action............................................................................. 26 5.10 Turning capacity ................................................................................................... 27 Chapter 6 Steering gear 6.01 General requirements ........................................................................................... 29 6.02 Steering apparatus control unit ............................................................................ 29 6.03 Steering apparatus hydraulic drive unit ................................................................ 29 6.04 Power source......................................................................................................... 30 6.05 Manual drive......................................................................................................... 30 6.06 Rudder-propeller, water-jet, cycloidal-propeller installations and active bow rudders ......................................................................................... 30 6.07 Indicators and monitoring devices ....................................................................... 31 6.08 Rate-of-turn regulators.......................................................................................... 31 6.09 Acceptance ........................................................................................................... 31 III Chapter 7 Wheelhouse Article Page 7.01 General.................................................................................................................. 33 7.02 Unobstructed view................................................................................................ 33 7.03 General requirements concerning control and monitoring equipment ................. 33 7.04 Special requirements concerning devices for controlling, indicating and monitoring the operation of propelling engines and steering gear ....................... 34 7.05 Control and monitoring of signal lights, light signals and sound signals............. 35 7.06 Radar installations and rate-of-turn indicators...................................................... 36 7.07 Radiotelephony installations for vessels with special wheelhouse arrangements for radar steering by one person..................................................... 36 7.08 Sound links on board ............................................................................................ 37 7.09 Alarm system ........................................................................................................ 37 7.10 Heating and ventilation......................................................................................... 37 7.11 Installations for stern anchor manoeuvres ............................................................ 37 7.12 Retractable wheelhouses....................................................................................... 37 7.13 Entry in the inspection certificate of vessels with special wheelhouse arrangements for radar steering by one person................................. 38 Chapter 8 Engine construction 8.01 General.................................................................................................................