Standard For

Certification No. 2.7-1

DET NORKSE VERITAS
General
SCOPE
design,
Manufacture,
testing,
certification, and
periodic Inspection.
The Intention is that offshore containers shall meet
the following requirements :
Be safe with regard to:
oLives
oEnvironment
oHazard to vessel/installation
General
SCOPE
Be suitable for repeated use trough choice of :
oMaterial
oProtection
oEase of repair and maintenance
General
Relationship with othe standard, codes and
regulation
The International Maritime Organization (IMO)
ISO Standard Freight Containers (ISO Containers)
European Standard EN 12079
Standard for Certification 2.7-2- Offshore service
containers
Units of Transportation Offshore Regulation for
Lifting Appliances
General
Definition
Offshore Container
Freight Container
Units for
transportation
Offshore
Permanent Equipment
Primary Structure




Secondary Structure
Prototype
Owner
Lifting Set
Assembly Secured
Shackle

Approval and Certification
Procedures
Offshore containers designed, manufactured, tested
and marked in compliance with the following
requirements may be certified by Det Norske
Veritas
Certification steps:
Design review
Inspection and testing of prototype
Production inspection and testing
Issuance of certificates
Approval and Certification
Procedures
DNV type approvals are listed in DNV Exchange
on DNVs web site : www.dnv.com.
On website included :
Approval to other standards
Documents for approval and information
Design Review
Approval and Certification
Procedures
Certification
Certification must be consist the following steps :
Survey
Testing and Inspection
Before production starts, DNV should verify the
qualifications of the manufacturer :
Procedure for individual (case by case) approval and
certification
Procedure for type approval and certification
Procedure for design assessment for type approval
and certification.

Material
Container requirement for material
Steel
Aluminium and
Non-metalic material

In this section, the references to detail requirements are
generally to EN standards or DNVs Rules for
Classification of Ships. Other recognized standards for
equivalent materials may also be used.
Material
Material Certificates
Materials used for construction of offshore containers shall be furnished
with documentation in accordance with Table 3-6.

Design
An offshore container shall have sufficient strength to allow
loading and unloading in open seas from a ship deck with a
sea state up to significant wave heights of 6 m

The required Design of a container :
Structural Design
Stability Againts tipping
Protruding parts and top protection
Design Temperature

Design
The required Strenght test of a container :
Allowable Stress
Load Distribution
Lifting Load
Impact Load
Minimum Material Thickness
Other Test
Other tests may be required. These shall be agreed in advance
with the Society. When applicable, the method of testing shall as
far as possible be in accordance with tests described in relevant
ISO standards for freight containers

Design
Example of other tests that may be required :
internal load on walls, doors or removable sides
30 tilt test
fork pocket lift test
internal restraint tests on tank containers.
Production
The manufacturer shall present a quality plan for
acceptance before production starts. Relevant
production documents shall also be presented for
acceptance before start of production.
production:
Step by step of production :
Primary and Secondary Structure
Production Testing
Production Documentation
Inspection and Certification
Marking
Safety Marking to clearly delineate their
perimeter, partycularly in poor light
Identification and Certification Markings
an unique identification to cross check on in-
service certification and shipping documentation
Information Marking to identificate about
gross mass, tare mass, and payload of container
Marking of lifting set to identificate
specification of lifting set
Other Marking additional owner information
marking such as owners name .etc
Plating Containers
Container shall be fitted with a data plate and a
inspection plate.
Contain of data plate :
Name of Manufacturer
Month/year of manufacturer
Manufacturers serial number
Maximum gross (Kg) at the design sling angle
Tare Mass (Kg)
Payload (Kg)
Dnv Certificate Number and DNV stamp
Design Temperature

Plating Containers
Container shall be fitted with a data plate and a
inspection plate.
Contain of Inspection Plate :
Owners Container number.
Owners name.
Date of last inspection.
Lifting Sets
General Requirement
The lifting set (chain or wire rope slings and
shackles) shall be specially designed for use on
offshore containers, and shall normally not be
removed from the container except for replacement

Approval and Certification lifting sets
Lifting sets and components shall be tested according
to the applicable standards.
Lifting Sets
Design of lifting sets
Four leg sling angle shall be rated as for three leg sling.
Normally the sling leg angle from vertical foe two and
four leg slings should be 45
o
, but smaller angel can be
used.
In no case shall a sling be designed with an angle of the
sling legs to the vertical larger than 45
o

Lifting Sets
Dimension and Strenght of lifting Sets
WLL
min
= Rating of Container * Enhancement Factor
If Rating of Container < 2000kg WLL
min
= 7.00 t
For intermediate container ratings, the working load limit
values may be interpolated

WLLmin = Minimum Required Working Load Limit (t)
Note : The Enhancement factor are only included in table 8-1 for information purposes.
They are only used for calculating the WLLmin values in the last coloum, and are not
necessary for any other calculation
Standard Lifting Sets
Four Leg Chain or wire rope
Sling With leg 45 to vertical are calculated as single legs.
Sling shall be selected from recogized standard for lifting
slings or from a DNV type approval certificate, and shall
have WLL at least as big as the WLL
min
from table 8-1.
Shackles


Non-Standard Lifting Sets
The Required Working Load Limit for Each component in
2 and 4 leg lifting sets can be determined from the formula :
Required WLL = WLL
min
/ (n x cos )
This Can be expressed in the following table.




WLLmin : as determined from table 8-1
: the angle of the sling leg to the vertical



Lifting Sets
Lifting Sets Componen
Chain Sling (EN 818-4 grade 8 or other recognize
standard)
Wire Rope Slings (EN 13414-1 or other recognized
standard)
Shackles (EN 13889 or EN 1677-1, or other recognised
standard)
Couplings (Couplings for mechanical assembly of slings
can be certified after special consideration)
Lifting Sets
Material
Steels shall comply with the material requirements of the
recognised standard, have good ductility at low
temperatures, and be able to withstand dynamic loads.
The impact test temperature shall be equal to the design
air temperature TD and the minimum average impact
energy shall be 42J.
The minimum average impact energy of the weld shall be
27J.
Lifting Sets
Certificates for Lifting sets and components
Sling Certificates
Components Certificates :
Chain
Shackles
Master link
Master link assembies
Coupling
Periodic Examination test and
repair
Inspection, test and repairs on containers
Schedule

Periodic Examination test and
repair
Inspection, test and repairs on containers
Visual Inspection
Markings
Welds
Pad eyes and lashing points
Structure
Door closures
Floor
Fork Pockets
Periodic Examination test and
repair
Inspection, test and repairs on lifting sets
Lifting sets shall be inspected at intervals not exeeding 1
year in accordance with the schedule listed in table 9-2
T: to indicate proof
load test, non-
destructive
examination, and
visual examination
VN: to indicate non-
destructive
examination and
visual examination
V : to indicate visual
examination only
Periodic Examination test and
repair
Inspection test and repair of lifting sets
Load Testing of chain sling legs
Non-Destructive examination of sling
components exept wire rope legs
Visual inspection of the lifting set
Chain and wire rope slings and components
Shackles
Marking of the lifting tag

Periodic Examination test and
repair
Inspection test and repair on tank containers
Offshore tank containers that are certified for
dangerous goods
according to the IMDG code are :
subject to 5-year periodic inspections and
tests,
and to intermediate 2.5-year periodic
inspections and tests
Periodic Examination test and
repair
Inspection Report
The inspection reports shall be attached to the
container certificate or be inserted in the As
Built dossier.
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Example of drop test
(Vertical Impact Test)