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Rule Amendments for Technical Rules and Guidance Issued on 27 June 2024

Particularly relevant stakeholders

: Shipowner; Shipyard; Manufacturer
and Others
Buckling Strength Assessments of Ship Structural Elements: Download; 〇; 〇
Hatch Covers, Hatch Coamings and Closing Arrangements: Download; 〇; 〇
Small Hatches of Container Carriers: Download; 〇
Minimum Thicknesses of Superstructure End Bulkheads and Deckhouse Boundary Walls: Download; 〇
Guidelines for the application of the Finnish-Swedish Ice Class Rules: Download; 〇
The Omission of Plans and Documents Required to be Submitted: Download; 〇
Recognized Fabrication Standards: Download; 〇; 〇
Rudder Carrier Bearing: Download; 〇
Survey and Construction of Steel Ships Part C: Download; 〇

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Particularly relevant stakeholders

: Shipowner; Shipyard; Manufacturer
and Others
Shop Trials for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines: Download; 〇
Fatigue Tests for Crankshafts: Download; 〇
Ultrasonic Tests for Engine Components: Download; 〇
Turbocharger Type Approval Tests: Download; 〇
Corrosion in Piping Systems for Discharge Lines of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems: Download; 〇
Capacities of Air Compressors Used to Start Main Engines: Download; 〇; 〇
Arrangements of Fuel Oil Service Tanks: Download; 〇; 〇
Propellors: Download; 〇; 〇; 〇
Machinery of Polar Class Ships: Download; 〇; 〇

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: Shipowner; Shipyard; Manufacturer
and Others
Explosion-Proof Electrical Equipment for Water Level Detection and Alarm Systems and Exemption of their Installation for Ships Not Engaged in International Voyages: Download; 〇
Unified Interpretation on Means of Escape from Machinery Spaces: Download; 〇
Effective Date and Application of Rule Amendment Notice No.28 (Dated 30 June 2023): Download; 〇
Anchor Equipment for Small Ships: Download; 〇
Gratings for Seawater Intakes: Download; 〇; 〇
Closing Appliances for Internal and External Openings in Cargo Ships: Download; 〇
Calibration of Equipment by the Code on Noise Levels On Board Ships: Download; 〇
Guidelines for Fixed Water-based Fire-fighting Systems: Download; 〇
Approval and Shipping Tests for Container Securing Fittings: Download; 〇; 〇; 〇
Unified Interpretation of the IGF Code (Fuel Preparation Rooms Not Located on Open Decks): Download; 〇

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Particularly relevant stakeholders

: Shipowner; Shipyard; Manufacturer
and Others
2023 Diving Code: Download; 〇; 〇; 〇
IP Code: Download; 〇; 〇; 〇
Installation Positions of Gas Detection and Alarm Systems for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units: Download; 〇

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: Shipowner; Shipyard; Manufacturer
and Others
Guidance for Inspection Reports by Ship Personnel: Download; 〇
Changes in the Affixation of Class Notation to Ships Using Low-flashpoint Fuels: Download; 〇; 〇
Unified Interpretation of MARPOL ANNEX Ⅵ (Electronic Bunker Delivery Notes): Download; 〇
Reporting the Un-limiting of Shaft/Engine Power Limitation Systems for EEXI Purposes: Download; 〇

The word “omitted” when used in the context of the rule amendments described in the Amendments means that the requirement in question was not amended and is still applicable as before; it does not mean that the requirement is no longer applicable or was deleted.
A list summarising rule amendments for the Technical Rules and Guidance (Regulations for the Classification and Registry of Ships, Rules for Marine Pollution Prevention Systems, etc.) and each part of the Rules for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships (Part A, Part B, etc.) can be found here.