1. SMS 105 – BV Rules

2. BV Marine Division General Conditions
BV Rules
BV Marine Division General Conditions
Extract from Article 1, 1.1:
The Society:
prepares and publishes Rules for classification, Guidance Notes and other documents (“Rules”);
issues Certificates, Attestations and Reports following its interventions (“Certificates”)
publishes Registers

3. BV Marine Division General Conditions
BV Rules
BV Marine Division General Conditions
Extract from Article 2, 2.1:
Classification is the appraisement given by the Society for its client, at a certain date, following surveys by its Surveyors along the lines specified in Articles 3 and 4 hereafter on the level of compliance of a Unit to its Rules or part of them.

4. BV Marine Division General Conditions
BV Rules
BV Marine Division General Conditions
Article 3, 3.2:
The Society only is qualified to apply its Rules and to interpret them. Any reference to them has no effect unless it involves the Society’s intervention.
Extract from Article 4 :
The Society, acting by reference to its Rules:
reviews the construction arrangements of the Units as shown on the documents presented by the Client;
conducts surveys at the place of their construction;
classes Units and enters their class in its Register;
surveys periodically the Units in service to note that the requirements for the maintenance of class are met

5. BV Rules Extract of BV Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships:
Part A, Ch 1, Sec 1, [1.1.1]:
The Rules published by the Society give the requirements for the assignment and maintenance of classification for seagoing ships.
The general conditions of classification are laid down in the Marine Division General Conditions.

6. BV Rules SOLAS Chapter II-1, Part A-1, Regulation 3-1
Structural, mechanical and electrical requirements for ships
In addition to the requirements contained elsewhere in the present regulations, ships shall be designed, constructed and maintained in compliance with the structural, mechanical and electrical requirements of a classification society which is recognized by the Administration in accordance with the provisions of regulation XI/1, or with applicable national standards of the Administration which provide an equivalent level of safety

7. BV Rules Different sources IACS UR PR IMO National Requirements
modifications of the technical parts of the Society's Rules,
damage/casualty feedback
new Class notations
new proposed services directly related to the surveys of units in service
National Requirements
IMO
Conventions
(SOLAS
MARPOL
LOAD LINE)
IACS UR PR UI
CSR

8. Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships
BV Rules
Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships

9. BV Rules
Part A: Classification and Surveys
Part B: Hull and Stability
Part C: Machinery, Electricity, Automation and Fire Protection
Part D: Service Notations
Part E: Additional Class Notations

10. BV Rules
Application:
The effective date of entry into force of any amendments to the Rules is indicated on the inside front page of the Rules or in the Relevant Section
In principle, the applicable Rules for assignment of class to a new ship are those in force at the date of contract for construction
The rule requirements related to assignment, maintenance and withdrawal of the class of ships already in operation are applicable from the date of their entry into force (example for surveys of ships in service: “…applicable for surveys commenced on or after the…”)

11. BV Rules
The date of “contract for construction” of a ship is the date on which the contract to build the ship is signed between the Owner and the Shipbuilder.
BV Rules Part A, Ch 1, Sec 1, [1.2.2] definition of date of “contract for construction”
which is based on IACS Procedural Requirement PR 29.

12. Part A: Classification and Surveys November 2007 NR 467.A1 DT R07 E
BV Rules
Part A: Classification and Surveys
November 2007
NR 467.A1 DT R07 E
The English wording of these rules take precedence over editions in other languages.
Unless otherwise specified, these rules apply on January 1st, The Society may refer to the contents hereof before January 1st, 2008, as and when deemed necessary or appropriate.
Edition/publication date
Reference Number

13. BV Rules
BV Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships
Part A
Classification and Surveys

14. BV Rules
Part A:
Chapter 1: Principles of classification and class notations
Chapter 2: Assignment, maintenance, suspension and withdrawal of Class
Chapter 3: Scope of surveys (all ships)
Chapter 4: Scope of surveys in respect of the different services of ships
Chapter 5: Scope of surveys related to additional class notations
Chapter 6: Retroactive requirements for existing ships

15. Chapter 1: Principles of classification and class notations
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Part A:
Chapter 1: Principles of classification and class notations
Principles of Classification
Rules
Duties of Interested Parties
Application of statutory requirements by the Society
Example :
I HULL MACH
Bulk carrier CSR CPS(WBT) BC-A (maximum cargo density 2.5 t/m3; holds 2,4,6 may be empty) ESP
AUT-UMS, ICE
Unrestricted navigation
Class symbol
Construction marks
Service notations; additional service features
Additional class notations
Navigation and operating area notation

16. BV Rules
Part A:
Chapter 2: Assignment, Maintenance, suspension and withdrawal of class
Assignment: newbuilding procedure; classification after construction
Maintenance: principles of surveys; definitions and procedures; certificate of classification; periodical and occasional surveys
Suspension and withdrawal
Acceptance criteria

17. BV Rules
Part A:
Chapter 3: Scope of surveys (all ships)
annual survey
intermediate survey
class renewal survey
bottom survey
tailshaft survey
boiler survey
laid-up ships

18. BV Rules
Part A:
Chapter 4: scope of surveys in respect of the different services of ships
bulk carriers, ore carriers, combination carriers, oil tankers, chemical tankers (ESP)
liquefied gas carriers
passenger ships, ro-ro cargo ship, ro-ro passenger ship
general cargo ships
other ship type

19. Chapter 5: scope of surveys related to additional class notations
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Part A:
Chapter 5: scope of surveys related to additional class notations
VeriSTAR system
Availability of machinery
Automated machinery systems
Integrated ship systems
Monitoring equipment
Pollution prevention
Refrigerating installations
Navigation in ice environment
Others

20. BV Rules
Part A:
Chapter 6: retroactive requirements for existing ships
bulk carrier ESP
ore carrier ESP
combination carrier/OBO ESP
combination carrier/OOC ESP
ro-ro passenger ship
general cargo ship, bulk carrier, refrigerated cargo ship livestock carrier, deck ship
ships with ice classes

21. Examples of Other Rule Notes :
BV Rules
Examples of Other Rule Notes :
Rules on Materials and Welding for the Classification of Marine Units
Rules for Offshore Units
Rules for Yachts
Rules for Inland Navigation Vessels
Approval of Service Suppliers
Coating Performance Standard
Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers
(L≥90m, contracted for new construction ≥01/04/2006)

22. Part A : Amendments applicable from 01/01/2009
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Part A : Amendments applicable from 01/01/2009
New additional service features for SUPPLY VESSELS
oil product (oil products having any flash point + a specified max cargo tank capacity)
LHNS (other than well stimulation vessels, carrying amounts of hazardous and noxious liquid substances in bulk not exceeding a specified maximum)
WS (well stimulation vessels)
New additional class notations
CLEANSHIP (C)
GREEN PASSPORT (to facilitate recycling : identification/ quantification /localization of potential harmful materials to environment & people)
EWCT (Efficient washing of cargo tanks) for Oil Tanker, FLS Tanker or Chemical Tanker
PROTECTED FO TANK (Distance from shell plating & requirements on piping lines)
IATP (increased admissible cargo tank pressure) for liquefied gas carrier with cargo tanks max design pressure of 70 kPa and allowable pressure in tanks above 25 kPa).

23. Part A : Amendments applicable from 01/07/2008
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Part A : Amendments applicable from 01/07/2008
CPS(WBT)
SOLAS Chapter II-1, Part A-1, Reg.3-2:
“Protective coatings of dedicated seawater ballast tanks in all types of ships and double-side skin spaces of bulk carriers”:
1 Paragraphs 2 and 4 of this regulation shall apply to ships of not less than 500 gross tonnage:
.1 for which the building contract is placed on or after 1 July 2008; or
.2 in the absence of a building contract, the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 January 2009; or
.3 the delivery of which is on or after 1 July 2012.

24. Part A : Amendments applicable from 01/07/2008
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Part A : Amendments applicable from 01/07/2008
Introduction of the new BV notation CPS(WBT), ( NR 530 ).
« Coating performance standard » related to protective coatings in dedicated seawater ballast tanks of ships of not less than 500 grt and double-side skin spaces arranged in bulk carriers of length greater than or equal to 150 m.
Additional service feature (MANDATORY) for bulk carriers and oil tankers subject to the Common Structural Rules and Contracted for Construction on or after the 8th December 2006.
Additional class notation (AT CLIENT REQUEST), for those ships covered by the IMO PSPC & other than bulk carriers and oil tankers above).

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