Agenda item 3.4 IACS UR on Hull Survey of New Ship Construction (UR Z23) Sverre J. Dahl Det Norske Veritas Chairman of IACS GPG Tripartite th – 21st September 2007, Tokyo
2 Progress since last Tripartite (2006) IACS Unified Requirement Z23 on Hull Survey for New Construction was issued in March 2007 Implementation date: 1January 2008
3 Further work 1 The Expert Group on New Construction Survey Requirements (EG/NCSR) has been working on an IACS Unified Interpretation (UI) on Survey of New buildings to cover statutory surveys
4 Further work 2 The group have recognised that the scope of work in developing an UI needs to encompass more than that covered by IMO Resolution A.948(23) and several regulatory changes which have been approved subsequently