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.
In Nov 2008 IACS launched the IACS CSR Tracking Database
(www.iacs-csrtrack.org.uk)
to provide users easy and quick access to full revision history of CSR Rules on a
paragraph by paragraph basis.
IACS has also put in place a long-term plan to further increase the
harmonisation between the Tanker and Bulk Carrier rule sets.
Compliance with the IMO PSPC is required by the IACS CSR, and in view of
the need to provide Industry with best practice guidance for application of the
IMO PSPC, IACS publishes agreed Q&As and CIs relating to coatings in this area.
Note: All the Q&As and CIs posted in this area are checked on a daily basis
by IACS CSR Secretariat and updated, with new data if any.
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