Lloyd's Register Announces Major Changes For 1978
The latest edition of Lloyd's Register of Shipping "Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Ships" will be issued later this year and become effective on January 1, 1978. In addition to the many major technical Rule changes which have been made, subscribers will see a great difference in the appearance of the publication.
A complete restructuring exercise has transformed the former bound volume into a loose-leaf A4-size style in which the Rules are organized in seven basic parts with 61 individual chapters. Annual publication will cease, and will be replaced by a system of issuing amended sections to subscribers in January and June of each year.
A major change in philosophy is embodied in the 1978 Rules, and this recognizes the need to verify scantlings by direct calculation in certain areas on a wide range of ship types and components.
It has thus been necessary to document many more of Lloyd's Register's calculation procedures and refer to them directly in the Rules. Where direct calculations are required to be carried out, the loads to be applied and the permissible levels of design criteria are presented to the user. As a complementary operation, Lloyd's Register has installed Hewlett Packard 9830A desk top computers at 12 plan approval offices throughout the world. Programs covering both Rules and direct calculation procedures are available for these machines and for compatible machines owned by clients. Subscribers to this service automatically receive updated programs on cassettes embodying any Rule changes as they are incorporated into the Rules.
Bryan Hildrew, managing director of Lloyd's Register, referred to another important change. "In the new Rules, we have adopted a modular system of grouping together all technical information on specific ship types. Within this new format, a separate chapter relates to the midship section of each ship type. This is most important for designers, as they need to prepare the midship section as quickly as possible to enable them to get out estimates of steel weight and costs for tenders. In addition, where the designer is using Lloyd's Register's own direct calculation procedures, he knows that his plans will be approved with the minimum of delay." The modular system of grouping together information on specific ship types also makes it easier to introduce changes without rewriting or affecting other sections of the Rules.
As regards the section on materials for ship and machinery construction, the new Rules have been rearranged in a more logical sequence, with chapters dealing with different product forms.
New sections have been added to cover the Quality Assurance Scheme for Materials, and in addition detailed requirements for low-temperature steels, austenitic stainless steels and special quality plates with specified through thickness properties, have been added.
On the machinery side of the Rules, the requirements for pumping and piping systems have been completely rewritten and updated.
The Rules for main propulsion shafting have been amended, leading to some reductions in allowable shaft diameters, in particular for some propeller shafts, and lengths of bush bearings. In addition, requirements for keyless propellers have been included, and the manufacturing requirements for gearing have been expanded.
Another important change is that the Rules for marine refrigerated cargo installations have been completely revised to take account of advances in refrigeration engineering technology and changing patterns of refrigerated cargo transportation.
The section on fire detection, prevention and extinction has been completely rewritten.
A major revision of the Rules such as this has involved the coordination of an immense amount of effort in technical, editorial and production departments. A steering committee was established in 1974 to study the format of the Rules and to make recommendations for their improvement. It has also met weekly since January 1976 to provide direction and monitor progress.
Mr. Hildrew said: "We recognized the need to present the Rules in a more logical sequence to make them easier for subscribers to use, and while there have been substantial changes to the 1976 Rules (no Rules were issued in 1977—deliberately), the Society hopes the restructuring of the 1978 Rules will enable the user to more effectively expedite his designs." The Rules are now organized in seven basic parts with 61 individual chapters as follows: PART 1. Classification regulations.
PART 2. Requirements for materials used for ship and machinery construction, including requirements relating to steel plates, castings, forgings, pipes and tubes and welding consumables.
PART 3. The basic structural design philosophy of hull construction, longitudinal strength, aft-end s t r u c t u r e s , superstructures, etc.
PART 4. Hull construction requirements for specific ship types, e.g., tugs, ferries, bulk carriers, oil tankers, and containerships.
(Two new class notations have been introduced — "100A1 Bulk Carrier," and 100A1 Container Ship.") PART 5. Main and auxiliary machinery, including shaft vibration and alignment and piping systems for oil and chemical tankers.
PART 6. Automation and control systems, electrical systems, refrigeration systems, and fire prevention systems.
PART 7. Highly specialized ships to which the format of the rest of the Rules cannot easily be applied, e.g., nuclear ships.
The complete set of the 1978 Rules will cost $150, which includes the service of providing updated sections for a period of five years. However, "Extracts" from the Rules will continue to be available at prices from $1.75 to $29.75, depending on the size and content of each extract. The price includes an updating service.
German, French and Spanish editions of the New Rules will be available early next year.
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Content
- Ocean Orders Three Cargo Liners From British Shipyard page: 4
- $11-Million Award To Raymond Int'l For Dock Work In Nigeria page: 4
- Shipyards Will Bid On Matzer-Designed Ro/Ro Containership page: 6
- James A. Farrell Jr. Receives Admiral Of The Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award page: 6
- Bethlehem Beaumont To Build Teledyne Drilling Platform page: 6
- Newport News Lays Keel For First ULCC In $418-Million Contract page: 6
- Chesapeake Corporation Names Elmer Curfman Marine Superintendent page: 7
- LNG Shipping— What Prospects Now? page: 8
- Newport News Delivers Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower page: 10
- American Bureau Of Shipping Elects Johnston President page: 10
- DeLong Corporation Appoints Ogden Chief Engineer page: 10
- Dockside To Represent Burmeister & Wain In Southern California page: 11
- Sun Company Names Maling Vice President page: 11
- Atlantic Sandblasting Receives Fourteen-Ship Mexican Contract page: 12
- Bethlehem Steel Names Thomas Robinson To Central Technical Post page: 14
- Paul Atkinson Retires, Peter Hepp Elected Sun Ship President page: 14
- Todd To Build Santa Fe Pipelaying Vessel page: 15
- OCEANS '77 Conference Set For October 17-18-19 page: 16
- Hitachi Delivers 508,731-DWT Esso Atlantic —Largest Ship Ever Built In Japan page: 18
- Alco Power Southwest Headquarters In New And Larger Houston Location page: 18
- Zapata Names Four Senior Executives To New Posts page: 18
- Booklet Describes Vinyl Coatings For Corrosion Control page: 18
- Crowley Subsidiary Awarded $39-Million Cool Barge Contract page: 20
- ABS President Foresees Trend Toward Nuclear Merchant Ships By 1990 page: 21
- Oosterhuis Industries Supplies American Brons Diesel Engines To Five New Offshore Tugs Ship Buying Spree page: 22
- Carrington Launches Self-Unloading Cement Carrier page: 22
- Bird-Johnson Appoints National And Regional Sales Managers page: 23
- Ro/Ro Shipping-An Appraisal Of Its Role In Dry Cargo Trade page: 24
- Leif Hoegh Orders Two Multipurpose Ships From Japanese Yard page: 25
- Hyundai Shipbuilding Licensed To Build B&W Diesel Engines page: 25
- Chinese On Worldwide Ship Buying Spree page: 26
- Senior USCG Advisor Robert Lakey Joins Helge Ringdal, Inc. page: 26
- Five Companies Form Technology Group To Build Canadian Ships page: 27
- Intermarine Brochure Fully Describes New Marine Radar page: 28
- Shipowners Seek To Enjoin Alaska State Tanker Law page: 28
- Avondale Launches 165,000-DWT Tanker For Standard Oil (Ohio) Alaskan Service page: 29
- R.E. Derecktor Delivers Tug To Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. page: 30
- Northeast Marine Terminal Announces Start Of Affiliate Operation In Savannah, Ga. page: 31
- American President Lines Names Capt. E.J. McClafferty page: 31
- Maine Maritime Academy Shipping Management Seminar Labeled Outstanding Success page: 32
- Nuclear Merchant Ship Environmental Impact Analysis Published page: 34
- Paper On Drydock Designs Presented At San Diego Meeting page: 34
- Schneider And Moody Named To New Posts At Moore-McCormack Lines page: 34
- Burmeister & Wain Opens Marine Service Center In Hong Kong page: 34
- Packet Offered On Hiring Filipino Seamen page: 35
- Prudential Lines Names Captain George Evans page: 35
- Brochure Describes Removal Of Smoke From Air Vents page: 35
- Maritime Industry Metric Conversion Study Is Available page: 36
- Interocean Conducts Inert Gas Course page: 36
- Gotaverken Delivers Third Tanker For Iraq page: 36
- Crossocean Shipping Names Thomas Giardino page: 36
- Johnston Vertical Pumps Names Hoffert Marine page: 36
- MarAd To Study Liner Segment Of U.S. Merchant Fleet page: 37
- United States Lines Names Capt. Yarborough Assistant Marine Supt. page: 39
- Varo Names Johnson Marine Coordinator page: 39
- American Club Triples Tonnage In Five Years page: 39
- Device Prevents Cable From Becoming Tangled With Buoy Lines page: 42
- Sea Power Symposium Set For Los Angeles November 4, 1977 page: 42
- MarAd Releases 15 Technical Reports On Gas Turbines page: 42
- Bath Iron Works Appoints Igo Jekkals page: 43
- Webb Institute Receives Grant For Research Facilities page: 43
- Mechling States All Modes Necessary For Sound System page: 44
- Gonsoulin Industries New Mother Company For LeBeouf Towing page: 44
- ABS Reports Increase In Classifications page: 44
- APL Team To Analyze Systems Controlling Steam Plants On Ships page: 45
- Campbell Delivers Second Offshore Vessel To Biehl page: 46
- Stow Introduces New Remote Valve Control Flexible Shaft page: 46
- U.S. Navy Officers Assigned To Kings Point page: 46
- Owners Strongly Oppose Federal Financing Bank Control Of Title XI page: 47
- World's First Naval Exposition Set For Netherlands June '78 page: 48
- Eleven New Members Elected To American Bureau Of Shipping page: 48
- CCL Shipcare Limited New Marine Service page: 48
- Camar Develops Blowers Designed For Shipboard Inlet Gas Systems page: 50
- New Maritime Firm Port Fabricators, Inc. Active In Louisiana page: 50
- Report Shows 101 Plants Locate Waterside In First Quarter Of 1977 page: 51
- Edwin G.B. Terry Joins Tidewater Marine Service page: 53
- Waterproofed Engines On Self-Righting Lifeboat Restart Following Capsize page: 53
- Port Of St. Louis Propeller Club Elects Robert Patrick page: 54
- Lloyd's Register Announces Major Changes For 1978 page: 54
- Maxon Marine Industries Delivers Specially Designed Towboat To J.L. Shiely Company page: 55
- SNAME Publishes 'Gas Trials Guide For LNG Vessels' page: 55
- DeLong Jack Systems Described In Brochure page: 55
- James J. Bolton Elected President Jered Industries page: 56
- North American Philips Offers New Radio Telex System For Shipboard Communications page: 58
- Mangone Delivers 185-Foot Supply Vessel To Briley page: 58
- Britain's P&O Group Designs New Type Naval Vessel To Be Built In Private Yards page: 60
- Equitable Lays Keel For First Of Three Breakbulk Vessels For American Atlantic Shipping page: 60
- Study Of Superports And SBMs For Tankers Published page: 63
- Blue Water Marine Forms New Division —George Gray Named page: 64
- Buenos Aires And Manila Added To ABS Network Of Technical Offices page: 64
- American Heavy Lift Shipping Company Names Two Top Executives page: 64
- W.L. Bull Jr. Named Marine Transportation Director For NLFI page: 65
- Marco's 25th Crabber Readied For King Crab Season Opening page: 66