Technical Rules and Guidance
ClassNK established its Technical Rules and Guidance with the aim of contributing to the "safety of life and property at sea"
and the "preservation of the marine environment".
The latest Technical Rules and Guidance of the Society are currently available online
via the ClassNK RuleViewer in a digital database format.
The following features offer improved readability and time saving with respect to finding desired information in comparison to more traditional PDF and paper-based formats.
- Rule Browsing -
- Displays Technical Rules and their corresponding Guidance side by side
- Links to the referenced Technical Rules and their corresponding Guidance
- Displays the application conditions of Technical Rules and their corresponding Guidance (date of application, ship type, etc.)
- Rule Amendment Search -
- Displays a list of rule amendments published since 2005.
- Displays detailed information for each amendment, including background and details of the amendment.
- Switching between two types of display content: per amendment and per rules.
- A search function allowing conditions such as “date of contract of construction”, “date of delivery”, etc. for amendments and then displaying amendments matching said conditions has been provided.
Latest Technical Rules and Guidance
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Status of Amendments to the Technical Rules and Guidance
ClassNK is continuously revising its Technical Rules and Guidance to reflect the wealth of technical data it is obtaining through research into advanced technologies and to incorporate the knowledge it has gained from many years of inspection experience. It also revises its Technical Rules and Guidance in response to changes made to the international conventions and codes established/revised by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and the unified requirements and unified interpretations established/revised by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS).
Draft amendments to the Technical Rules and Guidance are first discussed and approved by internal committees, and then officially announced after completing a prescribed revision process. Draft amendments already approved and scheduled to be officially announced in the near future can also be viewed using the RuleViewer.