INSTITUTION NEWS
Nomination for President Safety
At its recent meeting, Council Peter French is the Chief Executive Committee News
unanimously agreed that Mr Peter French Officer of BMT Group Ltd, a member of
FRINA should be nominated for election the RINA Council and a member of the
as the next President, at the 2010 AGM. Executive Committee.
Royal invitation for
T
he UK Maritime & Coastguard
Agency (MCA) has revealed
that a large percentage of
tank vessels are found to operate with
Headquarters staff
alternate loading conditions which are
not included in the approved stability
booklet and sufficient pre-departure
checks to ensure compliance with
Headquarters staff, Amber Williams, Phil Eltringham, Stephen Bell and Giuseppe statutory damage stability requirements
Gigantesco were guests at a recent Buckingham Palace Garden Party. are not being made. This is of particular
concern with respect to small parcel
tankers where even minor changes to
Headquarters staff on their way to Buckingham Palace.
a standard loading condition can have
significant effects on residual stability
following damage. As a result some
regularly used loading conditions
would in fact fail the requirements
for survivability after application of
the extent of damage specified by the
regulations.
MCA has submitted the case to
the IMO recommending a number
of solutions including stronger
enforcement of existing regulations
and the fitting of an approved damage
stability computer on all tank vessels.
RINA has agreed to support the case
made by MCA at IMO through MSC
83/25/14.
The RINA Safety Committee
aims to act as a catalyst involving
all stakeholders concerned with the
safety of small fishing vessels to
identify improvements whether from
considerations of design, training,
procedure or management. To this
end it is proposed to convene a forum
Changes to the Membership Class of experts in the Autumn to further
appreciate the difficulties of regulation
Structure and to obtain recommendations for
ways in which RINA might contribute
to improving small fishing vessel
M
embers are reminded that following the changes to the membership class safety.
structure, approved at the last AGM, all Associate and Associate Members A final version (V5) of the RINA
have been transferred to the class of Member (MRINA), Graduate Members handbook Guidance for Members on
have been transferred to the class of Associate Member (AMRINA), and Companions Ship Safety will shortly be published
have been transferred to the new class of Associate (AssocRINA). (posted on the RINA website)
There will be no change in annual membership fee, other than any annual increases, for incorporating all inputs received to
members affected by the changes. Such members who subsequently transfer to another date. The document will be subject
membership class, ie Member or Fellow, will be liable for the annual membership fee to biennial review by the Safety
appropriate to their new class of membership. Committee.
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