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Established in 1913, Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) is one of the
leading classification societies. RS is recognized be the European Union and is
a member of International Association of Classification Societies (IACS).
RS Class:
More than 1750 shipowners have chosen the RS class.
Among them: PALMALI, SCF, GAZFLOT, LUKOIL, SAIPEM, AGIP, AET.
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•RS structure comprises the Head Office in Saint-Petersburg and about 50
branch offices in Russia and abroad.
•More than 1 600 highly-qualified specialists provide the whole range of RS
works and services worldwide.
•In RS class there are 5 490 ships flying flags of more than 40 states.
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Research and development
The RS activities as a whole are based on thorough and systematic research.
Annually RS coordinates more than 60 research and development projects
enlisting for this purpose the services of its own staff and leading scholars
from scientific-research institutes and design offices.
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Research and development
Research is one of the key components of the RS activity.
The RS high performance results are possible due to the wide range of scientific research.
Innovation is an indispensable part of the RS research activities, which are the basis for
developing new requirements and standards to ensure maritime safety and pollution
prevention.
Process of improvement and development of RS Rules is coordinated by RS Scientific-andTechnical Council consisting of over 300 leading scientists and specialists
of RS, scientific institutes and design bureaus.
RS Scientific-and-Technical Council
(established in 1914) incorporates
16 specialized sections.
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Research and development
The latest innovative developments of RS
• Ice Ship Safety Certificate.
The main purpose of the Certificate is the selection of safe modes of ship operation in ice
both during independent navigation and when escorted by an icebreaker.
• Procedure for wind and wave conditions’ calculation (extreme conditions included)
for Russian seas (the White Sea).
• Icebreaker propeller’s reinforcement for double-action ships.
For the first time in the world practice, scientifically-based requirements
have been developed to enable a substantial reduction of blade thickness.
• Instruction for Brief Sampling of Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships and Issuing Certificates
on Anti-Fouling Systems.
• A software system of automated assessment of hull technical condition of ships in service
• Additional technical requirements for tankers.
They comply with the International Marine Forum (OCIMF) requirements.
• The System of Technical Ordering and Reporting Management (STORM) enabling
to effectively control the ship survey process.
• The requirements for flexible subsea pipelines and their connections.
• The requirements for the design and operation of subsea production complexes
and product offloading systems forming part of offshore field development facilities.
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As members of the RF delegations, the RS experts participate in
the proceedings of various committees and sub-committees
of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
RS is recognized by the European Union.
RS is an associate member of:
ISO Technical committees;
EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management);
TSCF (Tanker Structure Co-operative Forum);
ITCO (International Tank Container Organization);
INTERTANKO (International Association of Tanker Owners);
INTERCARGO (International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners);
BIMCO (The Baltic and International Maritime Council);
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a member of IACS since 1969.
RS chairmanship:
 1973 – 1974
 1990 – 1991
 2001 – 2002
 2011 – 2012
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RS compliance with requirements relevant
to tasks delegated
Regular audits and assessments conducted by:
•IACS;
•SAI Global;
•EMSA;
•Maritime Administrations
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RS services
1600 highly qualified specialists perform tasks aimed at ensuring
safety of navigation, safety of life at sea and prevention of pollution
from ships:
 rules development;
 classification of sea-going ships, floating structures/drilling units, ships
for offshore operations, high-speed craft, manned submersibles and ship’s diving systems;
 statutory surveys;
 tonnage measurement;
 ISM Code and ISPS Code certification;
 research and development;
 technical advisory services;
 certification of products, production processes and services in the systems of RS,
national and international certification;
 ISO certification.
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NEW SHIPS CONSTRUCTION:
•2012 demonstrated the expanded geography
and the increased volume of ships and offshore
facilities constructed to the RS class
• St.Petersburg, Vyborg, Nizhny Novgorod,
Petrozavodsk, Volgograd, Severodvinsk,
Astrakhan, Vietnam, Germany, Italy,
Kazakhstan, China, Singapore, Turkey,
Ukraine, South Korea.
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NEW SHIPS CONSTRUCTION:
ECO ships
Ecologically safe ECO and ECO-S ships are considered credible by shipowners,
maritime administrations and port authorities, since additional requirements for the
prevention of environmental pollution in case of accident have already been applied
to them at the design stage
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NEW SHIPS CONSTRUCTION:
Tankers for the Caspian sea
The largest possible oil tankers for the Caspian Sea are built to the RS class.
These 13000 t dwt tankers are intended for transportation of oil and petroleum products
with a specific weight up to 0.99 t/m and a flash point lower than 60 º C.
They can simultaneously carry two types of cargo; cargo heating is provided for viscous
cargoes.
In 2009 the UK Royal Institution of Naval
Architects included Zengezur, the sixth tanker
of the series, in the List of significant
ships of 2008.
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NEW SHIPS CONSTRUCTION:
Arctic tankers
Vasiliy Dinkov, the first in a new generation of shuttle tankers, was recognized
by the Tanker Shipping and Trade magazine as a winner in the nomination
Ship of the Year 09 - Shuttle Tanker.
70.000 t dwt shuttle tankers Vasiliy Dinkov, Kapitan Gotsky and Timofey
Guzhenko have been built to dual RS-ABS class for a year-round oil
transportation from Varandey Terminal in the Pechora Sea. Independent motion
through ice fields of up to 1.5 m thick.
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NEW SHIPS CONSTRUCTION:
Arctic tankers
70.000 t dwt Arctic tankers Mikhail Ulyanov and Kirill Lavrov are built in St.
Petersburg
to the dual RS-LR class by the order of “Sovcomflot”.
A year-round operation in Arctic.
Independent operation in ice up to 1.2 m thick.
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NEW SHIPS CONSTRUCTION:
Large tankers
A series of four ships with a deadweight of 156.000 t intended for
transportation of crude oil will be built to the RS class.
Two ships of a series NS Burgas and NS Bora have already been
delivered. The ships will be operated in RS/ABS dual class.
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NEW SHIPS CONSTRUCTION:
LNG carrier
In 2009, Grand Aniva, LNG carrier of 108.000 t displacement, entered the RS
class.
The ship is operated in RS/LR dual class.
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NEW SHIPS CONSTRUCTION:
Nuclear power station
The construction of a floating nuclear power station is carried out under the RS
survey.
The power station fitted with a reactor facility of higher safety is intended for
the Far North
and Far East but may also operate under tropical conditions.
The power station meets the up-to-date standards and requirements for the
safety and ecological compatibility level which removes restrictions on its
location close to settlements.
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Materials and products certification
RS performs survey of materials and products in accordance with the
requirements
of international conventions and agreements, RS rules, recommendations issued by
the International Maritime Organization and maritime administrations. RS
additionally performs the following services in the process of technical supervision of
manufacture of materials and products:
Number of valid type approval certificate
• type approval of materials and products
(Type Approval Certificate);
• recognition of manufacturers
(Recognition Certificate for Manufacturer);
• recognition of service suppliers
and testing laboratories
(Recognition Certificate/Recognition Certificate
of Testing Laboratory);
• verification of firms (Certificate of Conformity).
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OFFSHORE PROJECTS:
Vast experience in ensuring the safe operation of mobile offshore
drilling units.
The RS specialists took an active part in implementing the former USSR
projects in search and exploration of oil and gas and their production in
the Caspian Sea, Black Sea, Sea of Azov, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, as well
as the Sakhalin shelf.
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OFFSHORE PROJECTS:
Integrated approach to safe development of oil and gas fields is the top priority of the RS
offshore activities.
Under the RS class:
• Korchagin field;
• Prirazlomnoe field;
• Semi-submersible MODU Northern Lights and Polar Star;
• Self-elevating MODU Arkticheskaya;
• Fixed offshore ice-resistant offloading terminal Varandey.
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OFFSHORE PROJECTS:
RS performs survey over the transport infrastructure of the Varandey terminal:
series of ice-class shuttle tankers, supply vessels, icebreaker.
The system established for offshore large-tonnage oil loading and shipment in
the polar region is absolutely unique.
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INDUSTRIAL SERVICES:
The RS integrated approach to rendering safety expertise and certification
services as a package provides the effective solution for systems ensuring
industrial services
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Personnel training:
•Special emphasis is placed on the training of newly recruited ingineering
and technical personnel as well on the maintaining and upgrading
surveyors’ qualification during their employment in RS to the level ensuring
high quality services rendered by RS.
•Special training including theoretical and practical aspects under the supervision of
a tutor before starting to work independently.
Certificate of Competence allowing to work independently may be issued only after
a test confirmed by a positive report of the tutor.
The mandatory condition for continued validity of the Certificate of Competence
issued is the verification of the RS surveyors’ competence and qualification level.
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RS –class fleet (gross tonnage)
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RS –class fleet (Top 10 flags as per gross tonnage)
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RS –class fleet (as per number of ships)
USSR –flag share used to be of 99% in 1990
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RS –class fleet (Accident rate)
Average global accident rate - 0.149 %
Average accident rate of RS-classed ships – 0.098% (number),
0,02% (gross tonnage)
Human Factor
Accident cause breakdown, %
Collision, Grounding
Navigational
1,01
3,95
3,8
6,8
Age related - excessive
wastage
29,25
Fire in accommodation,
cargo area, other spaces
23,81
8,86
Poor repair workmanship
and manufacturing
2,32
21,3
7,02
Violence of the rules and
prescriptions
Loss of stability
Other causes
Cause unidentified
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RS –classed fleet (fleet profile)
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RS performs classification of sea-going ships
and floating structures as well as statutory
surveys under authorization of Maritime
Administrations.
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In compliance with the International
Convention on Tonnage Measurement, 1969,
RS carries out tonnage measurement of ships
and issues relevant certificates and national
tonnage certificates
RS performs tonnage measurement of
ships passing through the Suez Canal
and the Panama Canal and issues
special tonnage certificates
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ISM Code
Authorized by the Maritime Administrations of the RF and
other 61 countries RS performs certification of safety
management systems of shipping companies and ships for
compliance with the
International Management Code for Safe Operation of Ships
and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code)
ISPS Code
RS is actively involved in verification of companies and ships
for compliance with the International
Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code requirements
for issuance international certificates
under authorizations of Maritime Administrations
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Certification under Maritime Labour Convention 2006
RS performs ship’s voluntary certification for compliance with the
MLC requirements
FSA
RS applies a scientific technique, Formal Safety Assessment (FSA),
to enhance the level of ship’s operation safety
RS takes part in realization of projects relating to the development of
oil and gas fields on the shelf seas
RS has gained vast experience in classification and survey of design,
construction and operation of marine oil and gas exploration
structures of various types
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Nuclear Ships
RS is the only classification society in the world which
has ships with nuclear power plants in its class
Icebreakers
RS holds the leading position in working out new
requirements
for icebreakers and ice ships
Wing-in-ground crafts
RS is the only classification society to have a wing-inground (WIG) crafts in its class
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