Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 16.11.1995

Offshore Supply Vessels

The Coast Guard is publishing, as an Interim Rule, a complete set of regulations (a whole new subchapter L) applicable to new offshore supply vessels (OSVs), including liftboats, and is providing the opportunity for additional public comment. These regulations are needed to implement statutory changes to the certification and inspection of conventional OSVs, and the certification and inspection of hitherto-uninspected liftboats. They contain many changes to current regulations and policy governing conventional OSVs, contain first-time regulations for liftboats, and make specific revisions to accommodate these vessels' unique characteristics, their methods of operation, and their types of service. These regulations are intended to eliminate the practice of circumventing inspection of certain categories of OSVs and to improve the level of safety of all OSVs, including liftboats, which will now be certificated and inspected.