EXPERIENCE FROM A CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY WORKING WITH NAVAL REGULATORY REGIMES

摘要

The use of classification societies to actively assist navies manage ship safety has been a relatively new development. In the commercial sector the services provided by class societies is within a regulatory regime that is consistent and well established across the world. In comparison, navies operate under regulatory regimes to an extent and approach that has been deemed appropriate by each national government. This variation across navies presents challenges for both classification societies and navies in managing ship safety. It has been seven years since Det Norske Veritas (DNV) inaugurated its' Naval Craft Technical Committee and established the first DNV Rules for Naval Vessels. In this time, through its activities with a number of navies, DNV has gained important experience in working with a variety of naval regulatory regimes. This paper focuses on approaches of various naval regulatory regimes, how DNV interacts with the navies and the challenges presented to classification societies and navies to deliver naval ship safety. The merits of a navy with a well defined regulatory and supervisory body are discussed and the mechanism by which the classification society interfaces with a naval authority is explored.