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These Rules cover classification and surveys - both general requirements, and special ship types.

These Rules cover self-elevating units, column stabilised units, surface drilling units, pipelaying units, well stimulation units, subdivision, stability and load line, mooring equipment, and life-saving appliances.

These Rules cover pile founded structures, gravity based structures, tension leg platforms, and life-saving appliances.

Behind the development of class rules there is extensive ongoing research and development work. Results are presented from development work related to direct calculations of High Speed and Light Craft and Naval craft. DNV Classification rules allow for direct calculation to be carried out as a supplement to rule calculations or as a replacement of the rules. The alternative methods defined in the rules are summarised. A method is given of how to apply non-linear calculations to achieve consistency with the probability levels required in the DNV High Speed Light Craft (HSLC) Rules.

Over the next 20 years more than 3200 naval vessels will be built. About 300 of these will be submarines and about 180 may be equipped with AIP-Systems (air independent power systems). The number of ROVs and AUVs will be much higher. Added this the background of decreasing resources and increasing complexity of naval vessels and naval submarines and an increasing trend to use the technical experience and know-how of classification societies to build and operate naval vessels and submarines. Germanischer Lloyd developed and Rules for Construction and Classification of Naval Ships and these were published in 2005. These Rules (Group 3 Chapter 2) are presented. They include Guidelines for AIP-Systems.

This book supplies a pocket book containing all the ordinary formulae, rules and tables required by those connected professionally with shipbuilding when working out necessary calculations. This 15th edition has been substantially revised to bring it up to date. Subjects include arithmetic, mensuration, inertia, mechanical principles, hydrostatics, displacement, gravity, stability, rolling, waves, speed and horse-power, propellers, pressures, mooring anchors and cables, force of wind, weight and strength of materials and stresses, tests, riveted joints and rivets, braced structures, beams, steering, launching, machinery, design, ventilation, hydraulics, heat, load line and freeboard, regulations, tonnage, Lloyd's Rules, ship fittings, tides, blocks, cordage and wire rope, sailing, dry docks, areas and circumferences, hyperbolic logarithms and others.

This book concerns the practical and legal aspects of interpretation of, and compliance with, the Rules. This fourth edition incorporates the 1987 Amendments to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972, which came into force in 1989. The book sets out all the Rules with clear explanations of their meaning and gives excerpts from Court judgements that show how they have been interpreted in law.

The core business of Europe's shipbuilding industry is in passenger ships and fast ferries although merchant ships and offshore vessels are still significant. The impact of this shift is discussed in terms of the design strategy of shipyards. The additional impact of international and classification rules is examined.

An attempt is made to show that rules for naval ships have to be flexible to cover all kinds of naval vessel. In the first part of the paper a look is taken at GL's new rules for naval vessels and how they can be used for different types of craft. The second part of the paper addresses classification society's requirements for the naval systems certification based on the classification of the ANZAC frigates.

These rules apply to double hull oil tankers of 150m length and upward classed with the Society and contracted for construction on or after 1 April 2006.

This set of rules and regulations has parts covering Regulations; Materials and Quality Assurance; Pressure chambers; Exostructure, stability and corrosion control; Main and auxiliary machinery, systems and equipment; Electrical installations, control and fire protection, detection and extinction; Guidance notes and recommendations for design and operational purposes.

Historical background to changing marine refrigeration practice includes discussion of: the environmental consequences of using ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons; the requirements of the Montreal Protocol and subsequent national and international regulations; regulated and alternative refrigerants. Anticipated amendments to the Lloyds Register Classification Rules for refrigerated cargo installations are expected to reflect current legislation and technology particular attention is paid to the guidance notes for marine ammonia refrigerating plant and the provisional rules for controlled atmospheres.

The paper presents an overview of International Requirements on WIG craft safety regulations of RS Rules for the Classification and Construction of WIG Craft and RS survey experience. First brief history notes are given. Next a look is taken at international requirements on WIG craft safety. This is followed by consideration of RS rules for the classification and construction of WIG craft. Lastly conclusive remarks are made and perspectives are offered.

These notices contain amendments of the Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Ships, July 2006.

The need to standardize engine room types and operation rules is considered. The development of reference operation rules (ROR) and reference engine room layout is discussed in terms of a step towards setting a standard of engine room type. Examples and specifications are given.

This paper consists of a power point presentation addressing the recent status of rules and regulations for ships.

In April 2008 Lloyd's Register launched an updated Rules for Floating Offshore Installations at a Fixed Location and a new ShipRight FOI structural analysis procedure for FPSOs

In order to avoid heat transfer into primary steelwork an extensive length of any attachment to primary steelwork needs to be protected in the same way as the primary steelwork itself. This is done using pfp (passive fire protection) and is commonly known as coat-back. The purpose of this is to reduce heat transfer through the attachment to the primary steelwork and thus to limit the extent and severity of a local hot spot. The coat back for attachments represents a substantial percentage of the overall pfp cost yet the rules governing this requirement are largely empirical. The results from a joint industry project investigating coat-back requirements are reported and rules based on heat transfer and fire engineering are given. A method for determining the average primary member temperature in the zone of the attachment is developed. Based on this the designer is able to assess within the context of fire engineering scenario-based design the extent of coat-back required. Considerable savings in coat-back length can be achieved by applying the principles developed. Tables diagrams and graphs appear on pages 12 to 22.