IACS Rec’s and Panel Responsible

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1 Portable electrical equipment - Deleted Dec
1996
2 Type of hatch cover required if a lower deck is
designated as the freeboard deck - Deleted Nov
2010
3 Deleted
4 Deleted 1996
5 Method of corrosion fatigue testing - Deleted
1997
6 Selection of electrical equipment based on
location condition - Deleted May 2004
7 Guide for the use of hull structural steels for
prolonged exposure to low service temperatures
- Deleted July 2003
8 Provision for the carriage of heated oils and oils
with a flash point above 60oC up to 100oC on dry
cargo ships - Deleted Nov 2011
9 Guidelines for installation of cargo oil discharge
monitoring and control system on board oil
tankers - Deleted Sept 2005
10 Anchoring, Mooring and Towing Equipment Hull; EG/M&W to have
technical involvement
11 Materials selection guideline for mobile offshore Hull; EG/M&W to have
drilling units technical involvement
12 Guidelines for surface finish of hot rolled steel
plates and wide flats - Deleted July 2018
13 Standards for ship equipment for mooring at Hull
single point moorings
14 Hatch cover securing and tightness Hull
15 Care and survey of hatch covers of dry cargo Survey
ships- Guidance to Owners
16 Heading information for emergency steering Safety
position
17 Guidelines for the Acceptance of Manufacturer's EG/M&W
Quality Assurance Systems for Welding
Consumables
18 Fire Prevention in Machinery Spaces of Ships in Safety
Service - Guidance to Owners
19 Deleted 1996
20 Non-destructive testing of ship hull steel welds EG/M&W; Hull to have
technical involvement
21 Guidelines on approval procedure for onboard Machinery
loading computers
22 Recommendations for the classification of areas
where flammable gas or vapour risks may arise
to permit the proper selection of electrical
equipment - Deleted May 2001
23 Earthed distribution systems on tankers -
Deleted Dec 1996
24 Intact Stability Safety
25 Capacity of cargo tank’s venting system -
Deleted Nov 2010

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26 List of minimum recommended spare parts Machinery
for main internal combustion engines of
ships for unrestricted service
27 List of minimum recommended spare parts Machinery
for each type of auxiliary internal
combustion engine driving electric
generators for essential services on board
ships for unrestricted service
28 List of minimum recommended spare parts Machinery
for auxiliary steam turbines driving electric
generators for essential services of ships
for unrestricted service

29 List of minimum recommended spare parts for Machinery; Hull to

main steam turbines of ships for unrestricted have technical
service involvement
30 List of minimum recommended spare parts for Machinery
essential auxiliary machinery of ships for
unrestricted service
31 Inclining test unified procedure Safety
32 Guidelines on welding procedure qualification
tests for hull construction - Deleted June 2005
33 Guidelines for the Construction of Pressure Machinery; EG/M&W
Vessel Type Tanks intended for the to have technical
Transportation of Anhydrous Ammonia at involvement
Ambient Temperatures
34 Standard Wave Data Hull
35 Inspection and Maintenance of Electrical Machinery
Equipment Installed in Hazardous Areas for
Ships Other Than Tankers
36 Recommended procedure for the determination Machinery
of contents of metals and other contaminants in
stern tube lubricating oil
37 Guidelines for cast steel container corner fittings
- Deleted Jul 2003
38 Guidelines for the Survey of Offshore Mooring Hull; EG/M&W to have
Chain Cable in Use technical involvement
39 IACS Safe Use Of Rafts Or Boats For Survey Survey
40 Survey Guidelines - Emergency Towing Hull
Arrangements
41 Guidance for IACS Auditors to the ISM Code EG/MS
42 Guidelines for Use of Remote Inspection Survey
Techniques for surveys
43 Care and survey of equipment required by
MARPOL 73/78, Annex I – Guidance to owners -
Deleted Oct 2010
44 Survey Guidelines for tanks in which soft Survey
coatings have been applied
45 Guidelines for Container Corner Fittings Hull; EG/M&W to have
technical involvement

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46 Bulk Carriers - Guidance and Information on Hull
Bulk Cargo Loading and Discharging to reduce
the Likelihood of Over-stressing the Hull
Structure
47 Shipbuilding and Repair Quality Standard Survey/Hull; EG/M&W
to have technical
involvement
48 Recommendations on Loading instruments Hull
49 Testing of Protection Devices for Survey
Generators and Large Consumers on Board
50 Recommendation on Minimum Content of Hull
Casualty Data Check Lists
51 Deleted
Re-categorised as Recommendation 49 in
March 1999
52 Power Supply to Radio Equipment required Machinery
by SOLAS Chapter IV, and Electrical/
Electronic Navigation Equipment required by
SOLAS Chapter V, reg. 19
53 Periodic Survey and Testing of Foam Machinery
Concentrates and CO2 Halon Containers
54 Guidelines For Acceptance, Application And Survey
Survey Of Semihard Coatings In Ballast Tanks
55 General Dry Cargo Ships - Guidelines For Survey; EG/M&W to
Surveys, Assessment and Repair of Hull have technical
Structure involvement
56 Fatigue Assessment Of Ship Structures Hull
57 Maintenance And Inspection Of Electrical Survey
Equipment On The Ship
58 Fire Protection of Machinery Spaces Safety
59 In-service testing of large permanently installed Survey
breathing gas containers onboard diving vessels
60 Intact stability of tankers during liquid transfer Safety
operations
61 Recommended Maximum Allowable Rudder Survey
Pintle Clearance
62 Container Prototype and production certificates - Survey
Deleted Jan 2015
63 General cargo containers: prototype test Survey
procedures and test measurements - Deleted
Jan 2015
64 Quality Control arrangements at works engaged Survey
in series production of containers - Deleted Jan
2015
65 Tank containers: prototype test procedures and Survey
test measurements - Deleted Jan 2015
66 Thermal containers: prototype test procedures Survey
and test measurements - Deleted Jan 2015
67 Test and Installation of busbar trunking systems Machinery
68 Guidelines for non-destructive examination of EG/M&W
hull and machinery steel forgings
69 Guidelines for non-destructive examination of EG/M&W
marine steel casting

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70 Guidelines on welding procedure qualification EG/M&W
tests of aluminium alloys for hull construction
and marine structures
71 Guide for the development of shipboard Safety (lead), other
technical manuals Panels may be
requested to assist the
lead Panel depending
on substance of
manual
72 IACS Confined Space Safe Practice Survey
73 Type approval procedure for cable Machinery
trays/protective casings made of plastic
materials
74 Guide to Managing Maintenance in accordance EG/MS
with the requirements of the ISM Code
75 Format for Electronic Exchange and Standard EG/DATA (GPG)
Reports
76 IACS Guidelines for Surveys, Assessment and Survey; EG/M&W to
Repair of Hull Structure - Bulk Carriers have technical
involvement
77 Guidelines for the Surveyor on how to Control Survey
the Thickness Measurement Process
78 Safe use of Portable Ladders for Close-up Survey
Surveys
79 Guidance for anchoring equipment in service EG/M&W
80 Containers “in One Door Off” Operation - Hull
Deleted Jan 2013
81 Guidance on the ISPS Code for Maritime EG/MS
Security Auditors
82 Surveyor’s Glossary, Hull Terms and Hull Survey
Survey Terms
83 Notes to Annexes to IACS Unified Requirement Hull
S1A on Guidance for Loading/Unloading
Sequences for Bulk Carriers
84 Container Ships – Guidelines for Surveys, Survey; EG/M&W to
Assessment and Repair of Hull Structure have technical
involvement
85 Recommendations on Voyage Data Recorder Machinery
86 Applicable Standards for UR P4.7 Machinery; EG/M&W
“Requirements for Type Approval of Plastic to have technical
Pipes” involvement
87 Guidelines for Coating Maintenance & Repairs Survey
for Ballast Tanks and Combined Cargo/Ballast
Tanks on Oil Tankers
88 Periodical hydrostatic tests of air cylinders of Survey
safety equipment
89 Firms engaged in testing of navigational Survey
equipment and systems
90 Ship structure access manual Survey
91 Guidelines for approval/acceptance of Survey
alternative means of access

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92 IACS Guidelines for ISM Code and ISM Code EG/MS
aligned audits and SMC and ISSC expiration
dates alignment
93 Performance Standards for Universal Automatic Safety
Identification Systems (AIS)
(SOLAS Reg.V/18.2)
94 Guideline for application of UR S31 Rev.4 Hull
95 Recommendation for the Application of SOLAS Safety
Regulation V/15 – Bridge Design, Equipment
Arrangement and Procedures (BDEAP)
96 Double Hull Oil Tankers - Guidelines for Survey; EG/M&W to
Surveys, Assessment and Repair of Hull have technical
Structure involvement
97 Recommendation for UR S11.2.1.3, Rev.5 Hull
98 Duties of Surveyors under Statutory Safety
Conventions and Codes
99 Recommendations for the Safety of Cargo Safety
Vessels of less than Convention Size
100 IACS recommended practice on the time Safety
requirement for thoroughly closing sea inlets and
discharges below the waterline in case of influx
of water
101 IACS Model Report for IMO Resolution Survey
MSC.215(82) Annex 1 “Test Procedures for
Coating Qualification”
102 IACS Model Report for IMO Resolution Survey
MSC.215(82) Annex 1 “Test Procedures for
Coating Qualification”, Section 1.7 – Crossover
Test
103 Guidance for the compilation of the IOPP Environmental
Supplement
104 Qualification scheme for welders of steels –
Deleted Jan 2018
105 Qualification scheme for welders of aluminium EG/M&W
alloys

106 IACS Guideline for Rule Development - Ship Hull

Structure
107 Guidance for application of vertical contract
audits - Deleted Sept 2011
Incorporated into IACS Procedures Volume 3,
IACS Quality System Certification Scheme
(QSCS)
108 Under Development

109 Acceptance criteria for cargo tank filling limits Safety

higher than 98% (on ships constructed before
1 July 2016)
110 Guideline for Scope of Damage Stability Safety
Verification on new oil tankers, chemical
tankers and gas carriers

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111 PASSENGER SHIPS – Guidelines for Survey
preparation of Hull Structural Surveys

112 No record

113 Expert Parties Engaged in Visual and/or Survey

Sampling Checks for Preparation of
Inventory of Hazardous Materials

114 Recommendation for operational testing, Machinery

inspection and documentation of emergency
shutdown valves for liquefied gas carriers
115 Under Development

116 Performance Standard for Protective Coatings Safety / Survey

for Cargo Oil Tanks of Crude Oil Tankers – 5
years field exposure test in accordance with
MSC.288 (87)
117 Exchange of Statutory Documentation upon Survey
Transfer of Class

118 Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: Handling of EG/MS

Seafarer Complaints by Recognized
Organizations
119 Uniform application of SOLAS Reg. II-1/3-9 in Safety
association with MSC.1/Circ.1331

120 Survey of electrical equipment installed in Machinery

hazardous areas on tankers
121 Uniform application of MARPOL Annex I, Environmental
Revised Regulation 12
122 Integral Buoyancy Casings in Lifeboats and Survey
Rescue Boats
123 “Recommendation based on IMO instruments - Safety
MSC.1/Circ.1370 “Guidelines for the design,
construction and testing of fixed hydrocarbon gas
detection systems” and Resolution MSC.292 (87)
“Amendments to the FSS Code Chapter 16 Fixed
Hydrocarbon Gas Detection Systems””
124 Guidance on the role of the Recognised Security EG/MS
Organisation in relation to the employment of
armed guards and the installation of citadels on
board ships threatened by piracy in the Indian
Ocean
125 Under Development

126 Record of approved GMDSS radio installation Safety

127 A guide to risk assessment in ship operations Safety

128 Record of approved Ship Safety Equipment Safety

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129 Guidance on DMLC Part II review, inspection EG/MS
and certification under the Maritime Labour
Convention, 2006

130 Procedures for verifying that materials are Survey

asbestos free
131 Uniform application of SOLAS Ch.II-2 Reg. Safety
4.5.7.3.2.1 for accepting a constant operative
inerting systems (COIS) as an alternative to
fixed hydrocarbon gas detection equipment in
double hull and double-bottom spaces on oil
tankers

132 Human element recommendations for structural EG/GBS

design of lighting, ventilation, vibration, noise,
access and egress arrangements
133 Guidelines for pilot schemes of extended interval Survey
between surveys in dry-dock – extended dry-
docking (EDD) scheme
134 Boat transfers safe practice Survey

135 Rooms for emergency fire pumps in cargo ships Machinery

136 Guidelines for working at height Survey

137 Recommendation for protection of socket outlets Machinery

for road freight units
138 Recommendation for the FMEA process for Machinery
diesel engine control systems
139 Guidelines on Approval of Hull Steels with EG/M&W
Improved Fatigue Properties
140 Recommendation for safe precautions during Survey
Survey and Testing of Pressurized Systems
141 Guidelines for the Assessment of Safety Survey
Aspects at Workplace
142 LNG Bunkering Guidelines Machinery

143 Recommended procedure for the determination Survey

of contents of metals and other contaminants in
a closed fresh water system lubricated stern
tube
144 Inspection of ship’s side valves Survey

145 Recommendation for the Operation of Shore- Hull

Based Emergency Response Services
146 Risk assessment as required by the IGF Code Machinery

147 Type Approval Certificate of Internal Combustion Machinery

Engine
148 Survey of liquefied gas fuel containment Survey
systems

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149 Guidance for applying the requirements of Safety
15.4.1.2 and 15.4.1.3 of the IGC Code
(on ships constructed on or after 1 July 2016)
150 Vapour pockets not in communication with Safety
cargo tank vapour / liquid domes on liquefied
gas carriers
151 Recommendation for petroleum fuel treatment Machinery
systems for marine diesel engines
152 Survival crafts launching stations. Guidance for Safety
applying the requirements of 11.3.1 of the IGC
Code (on ships constructed on or after 1 July
2016)
153 Recommended procedures for software Cyber Systems
maintenance of shipboard equipment and
systems
154 Recommendation concerning manual / local Cyber Systems
control capabilities for software dependent
machinery systems
155 Contingency plan for onboard computer based Cyber Systems
systems
156 Network Architecture Cyber Systems

157 Data Assurance Cyber Systems

158 Physical Security of onboard computer based Cyber Systems

systems
159 Network Security of onboard computer based Cyber Systems
systems
160 Vessel System Design Cyber Systems

161 Inventory List of computer based systems Cyber Systems

162 Integration Cyber Systems

163 Remote Update / Access Cyber Systems

164 Communication and Interfaces Cyber Systems

165 Recommendation for assessing alternative Hull

methods used in the hull structural design of
ships subject to the Common Structural Rules
for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers (CSR-BC&OT)

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