June 29 is the Shipbuilder's Day in Russia, a professional holiday established in 2017 on the initiative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia.
Nearly 200 shipbuilding standards are in force in our country.
GOST R 58806-2020, Ships and marine technology. Machinery-space systems. Prevention of leakage of oil products, came into force for the first time on June 1, 2020. According to the standard, wooden products should not be used in ship's engine rooms and combustible materials should not be stored near the equipment with oil products. Surfaces heated above 220 °C that may be affected by a leak of oil products should be properly insulated. Ship engine manufacturers should be aware of the potential risks associated with high pressure pulsation in the fuel system. Pulse values at engine output fuel distributors shall be limited to 1.6 MPa (16 bar).
GOST R 58826-2020, Ships and marine technology. Marine evacuation systems. Load calculations and testing, came into force for the first time on August 1, 2020.
The standard includes the following terms and definitions:
Marine Evacuation System (MES) - a system designed to rapidly move people from the landing deck of a ship to a floating platform or collective rescue equipment by means of a MES slope;
MES slope - an integral part of the marine evacuation system providing safe transfer of people from the ship's deck to the floating platform or collective rescue means.
Collective Rescue Equipment (CRE) - means that are used in combination with MES, do not have direct access to MES rope and are designed to prevent the death of the crew of the emergency facility in the water area.
Calculated load on MES is equivalent to load of a fully filled floating platform with maximum number of rafts on it.
GOST R 58738-2019, Small craft. Principal data, came into force for the first time on July 1, 2020.The standard defines the main dimensions and related information, as well as weight characteristics and loading conditions of small vessels with hull length up to 24 m.
The overall length of the hull of the ship includes permanently fastened parts. It does not include outboard motors and any other types of equipment that can be dismantled without tools. Hull's overall width takes into account all structural and integral parts of the vessel, such as hull protruding parts, deck and hull joints, overlay sheets and strips, welded bars, etc.