IACS Joint Bulker Project seeks Industry Input
Common rules for bulk carriers have taken another step forward as the IACS Joint Bulker Project team have made a series of presentations to shipowners, seeking industry input to the rules. The JBP is made up of BV, CCS, ClassNK, GL, KR, RINA and RS. The aim of the Joint Bulker Project is to develop a set of common IACS rules and procedures to determine the scantlings of structural members of single or double hull bulk carriers of more than 90 m in length. The first draft of those rules has now been presented to industry in Shanghai, Tokyo, Pusan, New York and Rome, and a review of the draft will be complete by October 2004. The new rules should enter into force with all IACS members on July 1, 2005.
Shipbuilding: Joint Bulker Project Seeks Industry Input
In an effort to ensure uniform ship quality and construction standards around the world, there are currently two initiatives underway which seek to formulate a common suet of rules for the construction of the world’s most common ships, bulk carriers and tankers. Common rules for bulk carriers have taken another step forward as the IACS Joint Bulker Project (JBP) team have made a series of presentations to shipowners, events meant to convey information as much as they are designed to seek industry input to the rules. The JBP is a collaboration of the world’s leading classification socieites, and includes BV, CCS, ClassNK, GL, KR, RINA and RS.
