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Three Major Class Societies Launch

Eight New Safety Initiatives

The American Bureau of Ship- ping (ABS), Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and Lloyd's Register of Ship- ping (LR) — three of the most well- known and respected classification societies — have come together to posit eight new safety initiatives.

The initiatives, which willl be implemented as soon as possible by the three, are as follows:

OStrengthen the transfer of class agreement to make it mandatory that the new society withhold classification until all due requirements placed on the vessel by the previous society have been completed, fhis is designed to eliminate the opportunity to evade scrutiny or avoid repairs by shifting classification societies.

OAim to release to interested third parties, such as national administrations and insurance interests, certain information relative to a vessel's status and records. Such information of interest has before now been regarded as confidential, between the class society and owner.

OIntroduce a process which will lead to automatic class suspension when special renewal and an-nual surveys become overdue (suspension mean- ing disdassed from date of suspension).

OTighten procedures on the employment and con-trol of non-exclusive surveyors. Criteria will be established for the employment of non-exclusive surveyors by the three societies and cover required capabil- ity, experience, and professional qualifications.

OIntroduce a minimum standard for monitoring surveys to ensure a reasonable measure of consistency as to how the three societies audit the effectiveness of survey activities through end-result monitoring.

OIntroduce criteria on the qualification and train-ing necessary for the societies' field surveyors. The criteria will include minimum professional qualifications for hiring as well as continual training needed to acquire appropriate expertise.

OIntroduce procedures to respond to port state control. The three societies will have established common actions to be taken both during and after port state inspections, recognizing the importance of close cooperation with port and flag state authorities and shipowners.

OLead to a further exchange of views on all factors affecting safety and pollution prevention and their interaction, whether related to the ship, the organization, or the personnel.

The three societies consider this a major step toward safer vessels of all kinds. The move was not made on behalf of the International Asso- ciation of Classification Societies (IACS), of which all three societies are members, but the three groups insist it was not a break from IACS, and that they expected fellow IACS member societies to follow suit in the near future.

For more information on any of the organizations involved in the new initiatives, circle the corre- sponding number on the Reader Service Card bound in this issue.

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Det Norske Veritas 107

Lloyd's Register 108

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