Lesson twelve Classification Societies A cargo shipper and the underwriter requested to insure a maritime ris assurance that any particular vessel is structurally fit to undertake a proposed voyag the shipper and underwriter to distinguish the good risk from the bad a system of classification has been formulated over a period of some two hundred years. During this period reliable organizations have been created for the initial and continuing inspections of ships so that classification may be assessed and maintained The principal maritime nations have the following classification societies Great britain Lloyds Register of shipping France----------Bureau veritas Germany------Germanischher Lloyd orway Det norske veritas Italy------Registro Italiano Navale United States of Amerrica--------American Bureau of Shipping Russia-----Register of Shipping of the USSR Japan----Nippon Kaizi Ngokai These classification societies publish rules and regulations which are principally concerned with the strength of the ship, the provision of adequate equipment, and the reliability of the machinery. Ships may be built in any country to a particular classification society's rules, and they are not restricted to classification by relevant society of the country where they are built Classification is not compulsory but the shipowner with an unclassed ship will be required to satisfy governmental regulating bodies that it has sufficient structural strength for assignment of a load line and issue of a safety construction certificate Only the requirements of lloyd's Register of Shipping which is the oldest of the classification societies are dealt with in detail. Founded in 1760 and reconstituded in 1834. Lloyds Register was amalgamated with the British Corporation, the only other British classification society in existence at that time, in 1949. Steel ships built in accordance with Lloyd's Register rules or equivalent standards, are assigned a class in the Register Book, and continue to be classed so long as they are maintained in accordance with the rules Lloyds register classification symbols Class 100Al is assigned to sea-going ships built in accordance with the society's rules and egulations for the desired draft. It is also assigned to ships designed for specific purposes, the specific purpose being noted, e.g. 100Al oil tanker, 100Al liquefied gas carrier, 100Al ore carrier 100Al trawler. 100Al tug etc. There is also a class 100al for restricted service or for special purposes, this class being assigned to sea-going ships intended to operate with specific geographical limits or for special purposes which will be indicated in the Register Book Additionally there is a class. Al for registered office, this class is intended for ships trading only within specially sheltered waters such as harbours, rivers, etc, which will be indicated in the Register Book. Other class notations noted in the register Book include: special cargoes, where the vessel has been approved for carrying cargoes, where a special nature, special features, where a special feature in design or construction or machinery, has been approved; corrosion control, where an approved method of corrosion control has been fitted, and a reduction in scantlings has been permitted. Four classes of ice strengthening are detailed in the Rules, and it is theLesson twelve Classification Societies A cargo shipper and the underwriter requested to insure a maritime risk requie some assurance that any particular vessel is structurally fit to undertake a proposed voyage .TO enable the shipper and underwriter to distinguish the good risk from the bad² a system of classification has been formulated over a period of some two hundred years.During this period reliable organizations have been created for the initial and continuing inspections of ships so that classification may be assessed and maintained. The principal maritime nations have the following classification societies: Great Britain ------Lloyd’s Register of shipping France----------Bureau Veritas Germany------Germanischher Lloyd Norway-------Det Norske Veritas Italy------Registro Italiano Navale United States of Amerrica--------American Bureau of Shipping Russia-----Register of Shipping of the USSR Japan----Nippon Kaizi Ngokai These classification societies publish rules and regulations which are principally concerned with the strength of the ship, the provision of adequate equipment, and the reliability of the machinery.Ships may be built in any country to a particular classification society’s rules,and they are not restricted to classification by relevant society of the country where they are built.Classification is not compulsory but the shipowner with an unclassed ship will be required to satisfy governmental regulating bodies that it has sufficient structural strength for assignment of a load line and issue of a safety construction certificate. Only the requirements of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping which is the oldest of the classification societies are dealt with in detail. Founded in 1760 and reconstituded in 1834.Lloyd’s Register was amalgamated with the British Corporation, the only other British classification society in existence at that time, in 1949.Steel ships built in accordance with Lloyd’s Register rules or equivalent standards, are assigned a class in the Register Book, and continue to be classed so long as they are maintained in accordance with the Rules. Lloyd’s register classification symbols Class 100A1 is assigned to sea-going ships built in accordance with the society’s rules and regulations for the desired draft. It is also assigned to ships designed for specific purposes, the specific purpose being noted, e.g.100A1 oil tanker,100A1 liquefied gas carrier,100A1 ore carrier,100A1 trawler,100A1 tug, etc. There is also a class 100A1 for restricted service or for special purposes, this class being assigned to sea-going ships intended to operate with specific geographical limits or for special purposes which will be indicated in the Register Book. Additionally there is a class. Al for registered office; this class is intended for ships trading only within specially sheltered waters such as harbours, rivers, etc., which will be indicated in the Register Book. Other class notations noted in the Register Book include :special cargoes, where the vessel has been approved for carrying cargoes, where a special nature; special features, where a special feature in design or construction or machinery, has been approved; corrosion control, where an approved method of corrosion control has been fitted, and a reduction in scantlings has been permitted. Four classes of ice strengthening are detailed in the Rules, and it is the