Class societies update CSR software suites

摘要

Although the original CSRs were developed separately for oil tankers and bulk carriers by two different working groups, it was soon recognised by IACS that there was a need to harmonise the two sets into a single version. That work was completed in 2013 and the new harmonised common structural rules adopted in December that year took effect in July 2015. The rules are applicable to all IACS members and with the advent of the common rules, class societies developed software to check and compare newbuilding designs against the requirements of the rules. However, despite the concept of common rules having been devised to address the issue of individual classification societies competing on lowered standards, there were still many who did not believe that the rules would be applied equally.