NR467 Rules for Steel Ships – Main Changes – Edition July 2016

Main changes in BV Rules for Steel Ships

Main changes in Bureau Veritas Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships (July 2016 edition, into force on
July, 1st 2016), regarding the previous edition (January 2016) are described as follows

Rules History
July 2016 edition Previous edition: January 2016
into force on July, 1st 2016 into force on January, 1st 2016
Contents Contents
Amendments to Parts A, B, C, D and E
[NR 467 DT Amd 012 E January 2016]

Part A - Classification and Surveys Part A - Classification and Surveys

[NR 467.A1 DT R13 E January 2016] [NR 467.A1 DT R12 E July 2014]

Part B - Hull and Stability Part B - Hull and Stability

Ch 1 to 4 [NR 467.B1 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 1 to 4 [NR 467.B1 DT R07 E July 2014]
Ch 5 to 7 [NR 467.B2 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 5 to 8 [NR 467.B2 DT R07 E July 2014]
Ch 8 to 11 [NR 467.B3 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 9 to 12 [NR 467.B3 DT R07 E July 2014]

Part C – Machinery; Electricity, Automation Part C – Machinery; Electricity, Automation

and Fire Protection and Fire Protection
Ch 1 - Machinery [NR 467.C1 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 1 - Machinery [NR 467.C1 DT R07 E July 2014]
Ch 2 to 3 - Electricity, [NR 467.C2 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 2 to 3 - Electricity, [NR 467.C2 DT R07 E July 2014]
Automation Automation
Ch 4 - Fire Protection [NR 467.C3 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 4 – Fire Protection [NR 467.C3 DT R07 E July 2014]

Part D - Service Notations Part D - Service Notations

Ch 1 to 7 [NR 467.D1 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 1 to 7 [NR 467.D1 DT R07 E July 2014]
Ch 8 to 12 [NR 467.D2 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 8 to 12 [NR 467.D2 DT R07 E July 2014]
Ch 13 to 21 [NR 467.D3 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 13 to 21 [NR 467.D3 DT R07 E July 2014]

Part E - Additional Class Notations Part E - Additional Class Notations

Ch 1 to 5 [NR 467.E1 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 1 to 5 [NR 467.E1 DT R07 E July 2014]
Ch 6 to 10 [NR 467.E2 DT R08 E January 2016] Ch 6 to 10 [NR 467.E2 DT R07 E July 2014]

Classification and Surveys - PART A

Implementation of IACS Unified Requirements

• UR Z6 (rev. 6), Z7 (rev. 22 and 23), Z7.1 (rev. 11), Z7.2 (rev. 6), Z10.1 (rev. 22), Z10.2 (rev. 32), Z10.3
(rev. 17), Z10.4 (rev. 13), Z10.5 (rev. 15), Z18 (rev. 5) , Z23 (rev. 3, 4 and 5)
• Continuous system for hull special survey – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2
• Hull classification surveys – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2 and Ch 3, Sec 3
• Hull surveys for general dry cargo ships – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2 and Ch 4, Sec 7
• Hull surveys for liquefied gas carrier – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2 and Ch 4, Sec 5
• Hull surveys of oil tankers – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2 and Ch 4, Sec 3
• Hull surveys of bulk carriers – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2 and App3 and Pt A, Ch 4, Sec 2
• Hull surveys of chemical tankers – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2 and Ch 4, Sec 4
• Hull surveys of double hull oil tanker – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2 and Ch 4, Sec 3
• Hull surveys of double skin bulk carriers – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2; Pt A, Ch 2, App 3 and Pt A, Ch 4,
Sec 2
• Periodical survey of machinery – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2 and Ch 2, App 2
• Hull survey for new construction – Pt A, Ch 3, Sec 7

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Service notations
• New services notations:
• semi-submersible cargo ship (for ships intended to perform loading and unloading operations of a
floating cargo by submersion of the freeboard deck – Reference is made to NR628) – Pt A, Ch 1,
Sec 2
• PCT carrier (pure car and truck carrier, for ships with high number of decks, specially intended to
carry road vehicles as cargo) – Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2 and Ch 4, Sec 6

Additional service features

• New additional service feature:
• Tier III (for ships for which the main engine and auxiliary engines are issued with an Engine
International Air Pollution Prevention (EIAPP) certificate) – Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2
• Existing additional service feature:
• dualfuel and gasfuel – Pt A, Ch 4, Sec 1 and Sec 9

Additional class notations

• New additional class notations:
• OAS (for ships fitted with an offshore access system – reference is made to NR629) – Pt A, Ch 1,
Sec 2
• STAR-CARGO (for ships liable to carry cargoes and for which a risk analysis has been performed
for the cargo handling installation and its associated systems to support) – Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2
• Existing additional class notations:
• VeriSTAR-HULL, VeriSTAR-HULL CM and VeriSTAR-HULL SIS (the additional notation DFL xx
years is replaced by new notations FAT and FAT xx years) – Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2
• STAR-MACH and STAR-MACH SIS – Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2 and Ch 5, Sec 2
• STAR-REGAS – Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2
• BATTERY SYSTEM – Pt A, Ch 5, Sec 10

Miscellaneous
• Continuous survey machinery – Pt A, Ch 2, Sec 2 and App 2
• Tailshaft survey – Pt A, Ch 3, Sec 5

Hull Structure - PART B

Steel grade for superstructure in low temperature environment
• Pt B, Ch 4, Sec 1

Flooding loads
• Pt B, Ch 5, Sec 6

Strength check of plating subjected to wheeled loads

• Pt B, Ch 7, Sec 1

Implementation of IACS UR S21A

• Pt B, Ch 8

Helideck
• Pt B, Ch 8, Sec 11

Leakage criteria for watertight doors

• Pt B, Ch 8, Sec 12

Rudder
• Clarifications and implementation of IACs UR S10 – Pt B, Ch 9 Sec 1
• Welding factors – Pt B, Ch 11, Sec 1

NDT techniques
• Time Of Flight Diffraction (TOFD) and Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) – Pt B, Ch 11, Sec 1

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Machinery - PART C
Diesel engines
• Approval of diesel engines (implementation of IACS UR M44 (rev. 9 and corr. 1)) – Pt C, Ch 1, Sec 2
• Factory acceptance test and shipboard trials of I.C. engines (implementation of IACS UR M51 (rev. 4) –
Pt C, Ch 1, Sec 2 and Sec 15
• Type Testing of I.C. Engines (Implementation of IACS UR M71) – Pt C, Ch 1, Sec 2
• Certification of Engine Components (Implementation of IACS UR M72) – Pt C, Ch 1, Sec 2
Pressure equipment
• Shell type exhaust gas heated economizers that may be isolated from the steam plant system
(implementation of IACS UR P6 (rev. 1)) – Pt C, Ch 1, Sec 3
Turbochargers
• Implementation of IACS UR M73 (rev. 1) – Pt C, Ch 1, Sec 14

Electricity and Automation - PART C

Quality of power supply
• Harmonic distortions – Pt C, Ch 2, Sec 2
Rotating Machines
• Overcurrent test – Pt C, Ch 2, Sec 4
High voltage installations
• Implementation of IACS UR E11 (rev. 3) – Pt C, Ch 2, Sec 13
Type testing procedure for crankcase oil mist detection and alarm equipment
• Implementation of IACS UR M67 (rev. 2) – Pt C, Ch 3, App 1

Fire Protection, Detection and Extinction - PART C

Fire-extinguishing arrangements in machinery spaces
• Segregation of fuel oil purifiers and other systems for preparing flammable liquids – Pt C, Ch 4, Sec 6
Means of escape from machinery spaces
• Pt C, Ch 4, Sec 8

Service Notations - PART D

Pure car and truck carrier
• New service notation PCT Carrier – Pt D, Ch 1, Sec 1 and Sec 2
• Global Strength and hull scantling – Pt D, Ch 1, Sec 2
Container ship and ships equipped for carriage of container
• Pt D Ch 2 is completely rewritten and reference is made to NR625 Structural Rules for Container Ships
Liquefied gas carrier
• Implementation of the new version of IGC Code – Pt D, Ch 9 is completely rewritten
Offshore patrol vessel
• Stability – damage control documentation – Pt D, Ch 21 Sec 2

Additional Class Notations - PART E

VeriSTAR system (STAR)
• STAR-MACH: Pt E Ch 1 Sec 3 is completely rewritten (with particular changes in the requirements for
assignment of the notation STAR-MACH and details on the risk analysis process)
• STAR-REGAS: Pt E Ch 1 Sec 4 is rewritten in connection with change made in Pt E Ch 1 Sec 3
• New service notation STAR-CARGO – Pt E, Ch 1, Sec 5

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Ice Class
• Update of rudder coefficients for ice navigation – Pt E, Ch 8, Sec 2
STRENGTHBOTTOM
• Pt E, Ch 10, Sec 1
Container Lashing Equipment
• Reference is made to NR625 – Pt E, Ch 10, Sec 5

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