KR Webzine Vol.110

1. Please be informed that partial amendments have been made to the Rules for the

    Classification of Steel Ships, Pt 10, Ch, 19 and to the Guidance relating to the Rules

    for the Classification of Steel Ships, Pt 4, Ch. 2 as below, and you are kindly

    requested to apply the amendments to the relevant works.

    (Application : 8 March 2017)

2. Furthermore, please be informed that the amendments will be included in 2017

    edition on KR Technical Rules which will be published in the first half of 2017

- Below –

 1) In KR’s rules, the service area is expressed as being "within 20 nautical miles out of

     the Korean Peninsula" in relation to the exemption of the hatch covers of the sand

     barge, so there is a misunderstanding that it is limited to the sole mainland of

     Korean peninsula.

     In the rule description, the service area of the vessel is already designated as the 

     domestic-costal area. Therefore, this phrase ("within 20 nautical miles out of the  

     Korean peninsula") was deleted to clarify the service area as the domestic-costal

     area. In our rules, the domestic-costal area is defined as in Article 2 of the

     Presidential Decree of Ship Safety Act and attached Table 5 (except 5 areas) of

     Enforcement Decree of Ship Safety Act.

 2) Also, it should be made clear that barges which intend to sail to Jeju Island are to

     have hatch covers.