Russian class invites owner input

RS says that establishing this new group gives shipowners the opportunity to become involved in development or review of RS documentation.

The new group is responsible for the development and review of documents related to determination of permissible scantlings of hull structure members according to the RS Rules, checking ship’s hull compliance with RS Rules, enhanced survey programme of hull structures in compliance with the IACS Unified Requirements, and ship stability assessment when accepting ships into the RS class.

Vladimir Baranov, director of RS marine directorate, said: “This new expert group is established for the ease of RS customers as well as for the improvement of the RS class attractiveness for shipowners.”