Rules for Classification and Construction VI Additional ...

1 Rules for Classification and Construction VI Additional Rules and guidelines 1 Container Technology 1 guidelines for the Construction , Repair and Testing of Freight Containers Edition 1995 The following guidelines come into force on April 1st, 1995 Germanischer Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft Head Office Vorsetzen 35, 20459 Hamburg, Germany Phone: +49 40 36149-0 Fax: +49 40 36149-200 "General Terms and Conditions" of the respective latest edition will be applicable (see Rules for Classification and Construction , I - Ship Technology, Part 0 - Classification and Surveys). Reproduction by printing or photostatic means is only permissible with the consent of Germanischer Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft. Published by: Germanischer Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft, Hamburg Printed by: Gebr der Braasch GmbH, Hamburg VI - Part 1 GL 1995 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Page 3 Table of Contents Section 1 General Instructions and Guidance A.

2 General Test Conditions .. 1- 1 B. Types of tests .. 1- 2 C. Construction characteristics (design principles) .. 1- 5 D. Materials .. 1- 7 E. Jointing methods .. 1- 11 F. Marking and documentation .. 1- 14 Section 2 Requirements and Tests A. General Requirements .. 2- 1 B. Tests .. 2- 1 Section 3 Thermal Containers A. General requirements .. 3- 1 B. Refrigerating and/or heating appliances for thermal containers .. 3- 5 Section 4 Repairing of Containers A. guidelines for the Authorization of Container Repair Workshops .. 4- 1 Section 5 Special Containers for use on Seagoing Ships and Offshore Installations A. General .. 5- 1 B. Structural fire protection .. 5- 1 C. Special containers, electrical equipment .. 5- 2 Section 6 Tank Containers A. Definition .. 6- 1 Annex A Annex B A.

3 Stamp .. B- 1 B. Label .. B- 1 C. Specimens .. B- 3 Annex C VI - Part 1GL 1995 Section 1 General Instructions and GuidanceChapter 1 Page 1 1 ASection 1 General Instructions and Test Regulations apply to freight containersand their built-in or built-on refrigerating, heating,filling, emptying, and safety Regulations also apply correspondinglyto other freight containers, such as swap bodies andspecial containers for use on offshore within the scope of these regula-tions are freight containers that can be used repeatedlyand which are of open or closed, box- or tank-like or platform-based design, of a durable nature and so resistant as to with-stand all loads to be expected during transporta-tion, provided with equipment permitting their easyhandling.

4 In particular during their transfer fromone means of transportation to Regulations refer both to the buildingand testing of new containers and to the testing of usedcontainers and their that do not fully correspond to thedefinition given in or which are subject to specialconditions of use may be tested in general accordancewith these Regulations and/or in accordance with anagreed and standards also the Construction of containers with alltheir equipment, the following Rules are to be appliedcorrespondingly:I Ship Technology, Part 1, Chapter 2 - "MachineryInstallations" of Section 1 "General Rules and Instruc-tions", Chapter 3 - Rules for the Construction ofElectrical Installations, Chapter 4, Section 2 - Rulesfor the Construction of Refrigerating Installations, andII - Materials and Welding Technology, Parts 1, 2 is made to the international con-tainer standards, especially ISO 1496 "Series 1 FreightContainers - Specification and Testing" and to thecorresponding EN standards for swap conditions for approval of containersaccording to the Convention for Safe Containers(CSC)

5 Of December 2nd, 1972 are, in principle, ful-filled if the containers are constructed and tested inaccordance with these national and/or international Rules as maybe applicable are to be complied with where the trans-portation of dangerous goods in containers is testing by the Society normallycovers the design documents, trials, and production(for types of tests, see B.). certificate is issued by the Society (HeadOffice or the competent Surveyor) on the results of thetests. Depending on the type of container and testconcerned, plates, steel-die stampings and labels serveas test evidence on the container itself (see F-markingand Documentation). where containers or ancillary partsintended for them are manufactured or where contain-ers are repaired must be qualified in respect of shopfacilities, quality control, production methods andworkmanship for the work to be carried out.

6 Qualifi-cation is certified to the works in the form of an 1 Page 1 2 GL 1995 Section 1 General Instructions and Guidance VI - Part 1 representation of the process of container testingOrderPlan approvalHead Office (HO)workshopinspectionType testHO or surveyorHO or surveyorSupervision of productionSurveyorApprovalCertificateHOT ypeCertificateHOAcceptanceCertificate&Co mpletion NoteSurveyorCertificationby SurveyorSupervision on constructionin accordance with specification[Owner s Inspection]depending on orderContainerCertificateHO / application for approval to be made bythe works shall contain particulars of the scope ofproduction, organization, technical facilities and pro-duction methods as well as of the qualifications of theworking staff including supervisors (cf.)

7 GL Rules forWelding, Annex A). Approval may be granted fol-lowing scrutiny of the application and validity period of an approval granted inaccordance with these Rules is 3 years. If work isregularly performed under the Society s supervisionduring the validity of the approval, the validity periodmay be extended on application by 3 years at a timewithout further no work has been performed under theSociety s supervision for more than one year, the ap-proval may be granted anew on expiry of its validityperiod only if the conditions for doing so continue toexist and this is demonstrated during a further worksinspection. The approval may then again be grantedfor a validity period of 3 Society is to be informed about anychanges in works facilities, in production methods orin the composition and qualification of the staff whichaffect the conditions for regard to qualification and approval inrespect of welding practice, see also of of design and documents required for examination areto be submitted in triplicate to the Society s Head Of-fice in good time before the commencement of pro-duction and documents to be sent in for examinationshall comprise:VI - Part 1 GL 1995 Section 1 General Instructions and GuidanceChapter 1 Page 1 3Ba)Drawings showing the arrangement, dimensions,and materials of the structural components of thecontainer.

8 B)Particulars of jointing methods (welding) andconnections envisaged;c)Particulars of the origin of important ancillaryparts (such as fittings, bottom and wall ele-ments);d)Proof calculations insofar as customary or nec-essary for the type of container concerned;e)For thermal containers, Additional documents inaccordance with Section 3, ;f)For CSC approval, Additional documents de-pending on the competent approving examined documents are sent, markedwith the Society s inspection stamp, to: the manufacturer the competent GL Inspection Office the relevant approving authority, if modifications to be effected or the guidance to becomplied with are notified by being entered in theexamined documents and/or the Society's coveringletter. The drawings must be clearly assigned to thetype of container to be tested so that they may serve assupporting documents for the Surveyor when carryingout the test and issuing other testing bodies are involved, thedocuments shall be submitted in a number to be agreedon "type test" following the examination ofthe documents serves to furnish proof that the con-tainer type complies with the requirements in respectof mechanical strength and function.

9 The necessarytests are described in Sections 2 and 3 and are carriedout in the presence of a GL report of the type test will be prepared; ifthe results are satisfactory, a certificate will be issued(cf. ). A printed form issued by the Society is to beused for the test type tests may be carried out at differenttimes and frequencies. The Society differentiates Prototype Test is the initial test of anovelty or a greatly modified design. The container isgenerally fabricated as a single item. However, evi-dence of the materials used must be at hand and theconstruction and materials must correspond to those ofthe planned Type Test serves to furnish the proofmentioned in , especially in cases where designmodifications are put into effect subsequent to theprototype test ( ).

10 The container to be tested mustbe a product from the series concerned and should betaken from the first ten Society reserves the right to recognize the proto-type test as a type test, provided that no substantialmodifications have been Type Tests are a repetition of thetype test and may become necessary in the case oflarge Construction series, reorganisation of fabricationor extended interruptions in the fabrication of a type tests will be stipulated on a of productionIn order to check the conformity of the containers of aseries with the container tested in conformity with 2.,the Society carries out the supervision of productionthrough its Surveyors. The frequency of the checksdepends on the requirements the containers are subjectto and on the nature of the test type of supervision is indicated on the certificatesissued and on the individual containers; cf.