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Inspection Grading Criteria For The ABS Hull Inspection & Maintenance Program (HIMP)
Inspection Grading Criteria For The ABS Hull Inspection & Maintenance Program (HIMP)
Inspection Grading Criteria For The ABS Hull Inspection & Maintenance Program (HIMP)
This manual and the inspection regime described herein are for
use solely within the ABS Hull Inspection Maintenance Program
(HIMP). The grading and actions to be taken on those gradings
are of a suggested nature only. They are not to be construed as
representative of ABS class criteria or the actions taken by class
upon discovery of the various types of defects noted in this hull
inspection grading manual.
GOOD CONDITION
FAIR CONDITION
POOR CONDITION
1% 2% 5% 10%
Weld
15%
Weld
20%
5%
10%
20%
50%
80%
0% 0 No rusting
Deep Pits/
Poor 5 More than 1/3 of original thickness > 15 % High
Grooves
Table 4. Pitting & Grooving Inspection Criteria Point Scoring
No Pits/
0 — —
Grooves
Good – Low –
Within Panel > 75 mm (3 in) 2 Gradual set-in
Fair Medium
Buckled, indented,
Within Bay > 75 mm (3 in) Poor 5 High
tripped internals
Table 5. Deformation Inspection Criteria Point Scoring
Buckled, heavily
Multiple Bays — Worst 6 indented, tripped Very High
internals
No No
— 0
Deformation deformation
< 75 mm Gradual
Within Panel 1
(3 in) set-in
> 75 mm Gradual
Within Panel 2
(3 in) set-in
Set-in with
Within Bay
< 75 mm associated
(multiple 3
(3 in) internals
panels)
tripped
Tripped and
Brackets & buckled
Tripped 4
Internals internals &
brackets
Buckled,
> 75 mm indented,
Within Bay 5
(3 in) tripped
internals
Buckled,
heavily
Multiple Bays — 6 indented,
tripped
internals
Flanges of brackets,
Flanges 3 Medium
internals, stiffeners
Webs of frames,
Medium
Webs 4 floors, brackets,
– High
stiffeners, internals
Transverse &
longitudinal
Bulkheads 5 High
bulkheads, primary
structure members
Hull
Sideshell, bottom Very
Envelope 6
& deck High
(Shell)
Light layer of residue, sediments Good – Anodes 75% remaining. Cleaning not Low –
2
inspections Fair required for close-up. Medium
Spaces sufficiently clean and free
from water, scale, dirt, container Anodes 50% remaining. Meaningful
residues etc. to reveal corrosion, Fair 3 examination is possible Medium
deformation, fractures, damages or and may require some local cleaning.
other structural deterioration
Clean and
excellent 0 Similar to newly built condition
condition
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Inspection Criteria
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