4.1.1 Surveyors should
keep themselves informed of ships arriving in their district in order
to ensure that satisfactory attention is given to any overdue and
due classification and other surveys and/or Conditions of Class. In
this respect, full use should be made of the office records, and Surveys
(if required) should be synchronized. Guidance should be given to
the Owner/Naval Authority on requirements with a view to preventing
unnecessary inconvenience.
4.1.2 Before carrying
out a survey, all available records should be consulted so that Surveyors
are familiar with the current survey status and are in a position
to draw the Owner’s/Naval Authority’s attention to any
surveys, including Conditions of Class, which are overdue, due, or
become due in the near future.
4.1.3 The Owner/Naval
Authority should be advised that, so far as possible, the preparation
for survey of tanks, other spaces, and other items should be progressed
in advance of the Surveyor’s visit on board, to minimize delay.
4.1.4 All Surveyors
undertaking Annual, Intermediate and Special Surveys or attending
substantial repairs to ships must be fully eligible/authorized.
4.1.5 During Special
and Intermediate Surveys of Naval Ships, means are to be provided
wherever necessary to enable the Surveyor to carry out a sufficiently
close examination of the structure in a safe and practical way.
4.1.6 Prior to commencing
the survey, the Surveyor should ensure that, where applicable, the
following plans and information for use in connection with the survey
are available:
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Main structural plans.
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Previous repair history.
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Reports on structural
defects in general.
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Reports on leakage in
bulkheads and piping systems.
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Condition of coatings
or corrosion protection systems, if any.
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The C11(N).