Russian Maritime Register of Shipping: 159 vessels currently under construction to RS class
There are presently 159 vessels being built at shipyards around the world under the technical supervision of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS), the society official said Wednesday in St. Petersburg.
RS CEO Sergey Sedov was speaking at the meeting of the RS Scientific and Technical Council (STC) Presidium dedicated to the 100-year anniversary of the Council held today at the RS headquarters in St. Petersburg.
"The fleet being built under the supervision of RS represents the entire range of different types and purposes ships working in shipping industry and operated in across seas and oceans. Among them, gas carriers, fixed offshore platforms, nuclear-powered submarines for the Northern Sea Route, icebreakers, supply vessels, tankers, tugs, and many others," IAA PortNews quoted Sedov as saying.
Sergei Sedov said that 60 vessels under construction to the RS class were designed with capabilities to operate in the Arctic seas and have Arc4 class and above.
Obviously, such a wide range of types need scientific and technical solutions, Sedov stressed.
"Designed with the help of Russian scientists the existing classification system has been recognized by the global maritime community. Russian Register is a recognized organization by maritime authorities in 70 foreign countries. RS is recognized by the European Community, and for over 45 years has been a full member of the International Association of Classification Societies. And most importantly, accidents rate involving ships built to RS class is still lower than the average global rate," Sedov said.
Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport Yuri Kostin noted that sections of the Scientific and Technical Council include not only scientists, but also representatives of shipping companies and operators. According to Mr. Kostin, this symbiosis provides a successful work of the Council.
He noted that the Bureau of RS STC defines the priority areas of research. "I am sure that in the future the high professionalism and expertise of the RS will allow to make a significant contribution to the development and prosperity of transport in Russia", said Yuri Kostin.
The Scientific and Technical Council also a presented at the meeting a hot-off the press copy of RS journal “Collection of scientific and technical articles of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping".
The RS Scientific and Technical Council, established in 1915 to coordinate the research and development efforts aimed at ensuring navigation safety, united the most famous scientists and leading specialists in design, construction and operation of contemporary ships. Konstantin Boklevsky, a Russian naval architect and an eminent figure in science who gave scientific credence to the internal combustion engines on board ships and was the organiser and dean of the first Russian shipbuilding faculty at the St Petersburg Polytechnical Institute, was the first chairman of the Council.
Today the Scientific and Technical Council coordinates the work in all major RS activities. The Council includes specialised sections and unites about 300 scientists and highly qualified specialists from more than 30 scientific, design and project bureaus, shipping companies and shipyards.
The STC section meetings are the scientific fora for discussing priority R&D activities and analysing the results. The topics of scientific efforts are ship seaworthiness, hull strength and design of sea-going ships and offshore facilities (including offshore development facilities), materials and products as well as manufacturing technologies, gears, equipment and systems installed on board ships, marine environment pollution prevention and operational safety of maritime transport.
