New unified requirement for large ships

The International Association of Classifications Societies (IACS) has adopted new unified requirements that will further improve the safety of large container ships by enhancing consistency between pre-existing class society provisions. Amalgamated within a single new unified requirement (UR S11A) are three new safety measures providing a robust, timely and complete response to the findings of the investigation by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) issued in March 2015 and subsequent papers to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). UR S11A is further complemented by an additional unified requirement (UR S34) which deals with minimum loading conditions to be analysed.