Hazard Identification Brainstorming Meeting

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INTERTANKO
Athens Tanker Event 11 April 2005 Common
Classification Rules for Tankers An Update on
the Tanker Project Robert D. Somerville Chairman
and CEO
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Common Rules for Tankers

• What has been achieved
• The challenges ahead
• Implementation schedule

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Common Rules for Tankers

• An Extraordinary Commitment

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Common Rules for Tankers

• A responsibility to set the highest standards for
  the safety of life, property and the marine
  environment.

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Common Rules for Tankers

• To eliminate competition between class societies
  with regard to structural requirements and
  standards.

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Common Rules for Tankers

• A single, clearly recognised standard that has
  been developed with active input from industry
• Common scantling requirements regardless of which
  society is selected to class the vessel

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Common Rules for Tankers
IMO
To set goal-based standards for new buildings as
part of safety regulations
To develop common classification rules for hull
structures and machinery
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Common Rules for Tankers

• Usability
• Clarity
• Consistency

April 2005
April 2005
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Common Rules for Tankers
3-4 increase in steelweight
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Common Rules for Tankers

• Distributes steel to counter stress

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Common Rules for Tankers

• North Atlantic wave environment
• 25 years minimum fatigue life

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Common Rules for Tankers

• SCHEDULE
• April Rules released
• August End comment period
• September - December Finalization
• 1 January 2006 - Implementation

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THANK YOU
April 2005