ABS - 2 PART 5A CH 1
RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS 2010 PART 5A SPECIFIC VESSEL TYPES (CHAPTER 1) Common Structural Rules for Double Hull Oil Tankers
| Organization: | ABS |
| Publication Date: | 1 January 2012 |
| Status: | inactive |
| Page Count: | 720 |
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Applicability
These Rules apply to double hull oil tankers of 150m, L, length and upward classed with the Society and contracted for construction on or after 1 April 2006. The definition of the rule length, L, is given in Section 4/1.1.1.1.
Generally, for double hull tankers of less than 150m, L, in length, the Rules of the individual Classification Society are to be applied.
Ships contracted for construction before the effective date of these Rules are to comply with the Rules of the individual Classification Society.
Note
The "contracted for construction" date means the date on which the contract to build the vessel is signed between the prospective owner and the shipbuilder. For further details regarding the date of "contracted for construction", see IACS Procedural Requirement (PR) No. 29.
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