Introduction

Dedicated to safe ships and clean seas, IACS makes a unique contribution to maritime safety and regulation through technical support, compliance verification and research and development. More than 90% of the world's cargo carrying tonnage is covered by the classification design, construction and through-life compliance Rules and standards set by the ten Member Societies and one Associate of IACS

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IACS common structural rules

On 14 December 2005 the Common Structural Rules for Tankers and Bulk Carriers were unanimously adopted by the IACS Council for implementation on 1 April 2006. The Council was satisfied that the new rules have been based on sound technical grounds, and achieve the goals of more robust and safer ships.

The then Chairman of IACS, Bob Somerville, declared it " an historic moment - one of the most important single steps in the development of maritime rules that IACS has ever been involved with".

IACS now implements the CSR maintenance program (IACS Procedural Requirement No.32) via the IACS CSR Knowledge Centre (KC). All the agreed Q&As and CIs (Common Interpretations) are published on the IACS web site without delay in order to assist its Member Societies and Industry in implementing the CSR in a uniform and consistent manner.

IACS has also put in place a long-term plan to further increase the harmonisation between the Tanker and Bulk Carrier rule sets.

For CSR pages, click 'Publications' in the main menu and 'Common Structural Rules'.