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IACS releases harmonised CSR second draft

IACS releases harmonised CSR second draft
London: The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has released the second draft of its harmonised Common Structural Rules (CSR) paper.

The harmonised CSR, the first draft of which was published in July 2012. The  document’s second draft has been published with the goal of helping shipbuilders and class societies meet the IMO’s Goal Based Standards  (GBS) which come into force mid-2016.

The rolling out of the publication’s second draft aims to give a further period for the maritime industry and other stakeholders to review the second draft of harmonised CSR and raise questions, observations and general feedback. To assist with the review Consequence Assessment (CA) reports are being published with this second draft.