London P&IDeck cranes are an important item of ship’s equipment, and when they break down this can result in loss of hire claims. Furthermore, failure of a deck crane can result in serious injury or death. You need to login to view the rest of...
Liquefaction is a phenomenon in which a soil-like material is abruptly transformed from a solid dry state to an almost fluid state. Many common bulk cargoes, such as iron ore fines, nickel ore and various mineral concentrates, are examples of...
(25 Jan 2016)
Outcome of 3rd session of IMO Sub-committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC 3)
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At the last IACS Council meeting on 10 Dec 2015, INTERCARGO introduced a critique on how the IACS’ Harmonised Common Structure Rules (CSR-H) is being applied to bulk carriers through the IACS Knowledge Centre (KC) output; the enclosed “Appraisal of...
Updated on 17 Dec 2015) MSC 95 in June 2015 decided to establish a Correspondence Group (CG) on Onboard Lifting Appliances and Winches with following terms of reference, under the coordination of Japan: You need to login to view the rest of the...
(Updated on 17 Dec 2015) Background Around 2003, INTERCARGO members raised their concern about excessive loading rates loading rate of iron ore cargo pouring into cargo hold. Some port requested a rate of 16000 t/hr with minimum ballast. A survey...
CSR Harmonisation The Common Structural Rules were originally developed separately for Tanker and Bulk Carriers. IACS is now undertaking a major project to harmonise the rules, including key elements such as wave loads, finite element analysis and...
The 87 session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 87, May 2010) adopted amendments to SOLAS (Chapter II-1, part A-1) to make Goal-based ship construction standards mandatory. This requirement will apply to bulk carriers and tankers greater than...