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RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES 2012
| Organization: | ABS |
| Publication Date: | 1 January 2012 |
| Status: | inactive |
| Page Count: | 1,195 |
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Foreword
The 2012 edition of the Rules for Building and Classing Underwater Vehicles, Systems and Hyperbaric Facilities incorporates all Rule Changes and Corrigenda items since 2010 and has been reorganized to move the requirements for remotely operated vehicles, handling systems, and dive control stations from Appendices to Rules Sections. Requirements for lock-out submersibles are added. Also, some requirements have been revised for clarity and others to more accurately reflect actual practice.
• Sections 1 through 10 provide the general requirements that are applicable to all categories of underwater vehicles, systems and hyperbaric facilities.
• Section 11 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to manned submersibles.
• Section 12 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to lock-out submersibles.
• Section 13 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to diving systems.
• Section 14 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to remotely operated vehicles.
• Section 15 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to handling systems.
• Section 16 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to dive control stations.
• Section 17 provides the requirements for surveys after construction.
• Appendix 1 provides relevant excerpts from IMO Res. A.831 (19) Code of Safety for Diving Systems regarding diving bell emergency locating devices
• Appendix 2 provides a cross-reference table between the 2010 and 2012 Rules.
The effective date of each technical change is shown in
parentheses at the end of the subsection/paragraph
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