IACS steps up Harmonised CSR discussion

At the meeting, IACS agreed to instruct an advisory group of its experts to have a discussion and exchange of information on the state of the art of container ship structural design, construction, operation and survey.

“IACS is the key technical body in global shipping,” said RINA chairman Roberto Cazzulo, who took over chairmanship of IACS on July 1, 2013. “It is important that we reinforce our commitment to our fundamental aims and ensure that our work programme delivers that. I am looking forward to a busy year, bringing the Harmonised Common Structural Rules into life and helping IACS and all its members to deliver the highest technical standards that our great global industry needs.”

IACS has announced its intention to encourage an international statutory legal framework to improve accident reporting and investigation, as well as finalising the Harmonised CSR for bulker and oil tanker newbuilds as soon as possible. Concerns over structural design have been heightened by the recent MOL Comfort casualty, where the five-year old boxship broke in two in the Indian Ocean on 17 June, for as-yet-unknown reasons.

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