RINA Part A General Principles of Classification The Rules published by the Society give the requirements for the

assignment and the maintenance of class for seagoing ships. Class assigned to a ship reflects the discretionary opinion of the Society that the ship, for declared conditions of use and within the relevant time frame, complies with the Rules applicable at the time the service is rendered. Note 1: The general conditions of classification are laid down in the Preamble. The application criteria of the different parts of the present Rules are the following with the exceptions indicated in [ . .!" and [ . .#"$ % % &art ' ( Classification and Surveys applies to all ships. &art ) ( *ull and Stability, &art C ( +achinery, Systems and ,ire &rotection, &art - ( +aterials and .elding and &art / ( Service 0otations apply to seagoing ships whose hull is of welded steel construction. .here necessary, the extent of application is more precisely defined in each chapter of these parts of the Rules. &art , ( 'dditional Class 0otations applies, at the request of the 1nterested &arty, to all ships.

The classification of ships other than those dealt with in the above(mentioned &arts ), C, - and / is covered by specific Rules published by the Society. 0ote $ 's from 2anuary 3445, the statutory requirements of the S67'S Convention and8or national safety regulations, as applicable, regarding fire protection, detection and extinction 9hereinafter referred to as :fire protection statutory requirements:; are no longer mandatory for the purpose of classification, except where the Society carries out surveys relevant to fire protection statutory requirements on behalf of the flag 'dministration. 1n such cases, fire protection statutory requirements are considered a matter of class and therefore compliance with these requirements is also verified by the Society for classification purposes at class surveys. 1n general, only 1'CS <nified Requirements in force related to fire protection, detection and extinction have been retained as Rule requirements within the scope of classification. Thus, the survey requirements for class surveys 9annual, intermediate, class renewal surveys and others; no longer include those related to fire protection statutory requirements. The above is applicable to all ships 9new buildings and ships in service; and therefore the scope of surveys as stipulated in the present &art ' has also been reduced accordingly for all ships. ,or the hull structures of ships contracted for construction on or after Structural Rules are to be applied in the following cases$ 'pril 344=, the Common

single side s>in and double side s>in bul> carriers with unrestricted navigation, having length 7 of ?4 m or greater 9as defined in Chapter , Sec , [ . .3" of the :Common Structural Rules for )ul> Carriers:;, double hull oil tan>ers of @4 m length or greater 9as defined in Section :Common Structural Rules for -ouble *ull 6il Tan>ers:;. of the

Special consideration may be given in application of Rule requirements relevant to periodical surveys of$ % % % % the hull, machinery, including boilers, the outside of the shipAs bottom and related items, and tailshafts,

for commercial ships owned or chartered by Bovernments, which are used in support of military operations or service. The above special consideration cannot be given in application of hull survey requirements regarding /S& ships. Cisit our site to download http$88goo.gl8y>7vn*