1. IMO Type 1 / Type 2 / Type 3 이건 Chemical Tanker에서 매우 중요. IBC Code 기반. IBC stands for the International Bulk Chemical Code. More specifically, the full name is: International Code for the Construction and Equipment of…
Introduction When I first started sailing as a marine engineer, I didn’t pay much attention to the names printed on a ship’s certificates. As long as the vessel had valid class and statutory certificates, that was enough for me. Over…
Introduction If you’ve spent any time working at sea, you’ve probably noticed something interesting. The moment someone says, “PSC is coming onboard.” The atmosphere changes. Conversations become shorter. People start checking equipment one more time. Someone disappears into the engine…
troduction When I was a marine engineering student, I never paid much attention to the Korean Register (KR). To be honest, names like DNV, ABS, and Lloyd’s Register always came to mind first. They sounded more international, and like many…
Introduction If someone had asked me about Bureau Veritas (BV) when I was still a student, I probably would’ve answered, “It’s the French classification society.” And honestly… that would’ve been about all I knew. Like many marine engineering students, I…
Introduction When I was a marine engineering student, I knew ClassNK was Japan’s classification society. That was about it. If someone had asked me which classification societies were the biggest in the world, I probably would have answered DNV,…
Introduction If someone asked me to name the first classification society that comes to mind, my answer would probably be Lloyd’s Register (LR). Not because it’s necessarily the largest. Not because I see it on every ship. But because whenever…
Introduction When I first started working at sea, I didn’t know much about the American Bureau of Shipping. Like many marine engineers, I recognized the name “ABS,” but I couldn’t have told you what made it different from DNV, Lloyd’s…
Introduction When people outside the shipping industry hear the name DNV, they usually have no idea what it is. Honestly, I didn’t know much about it either before I went to sea. Back then, I thought classification societies were simply…
Recently, while preparing for a PCTC (Pure Car and Truck Carrier) condition survey, I found myself revisiting technical manuals, inspection guides, and vessel drawings that I had not looked at for years. Interestingly, I had actually sailed on a PCTC…
