LR B-1-01 The manufacture, testing, inspection and certification are
to be in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Ships, the Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Ships using Gases or other
Low-flashpoint Fuels and the Rules for the Manufacture, Testing and Certification of Materials as
applicable.
LR B-1-02 Testing of consumers and equipment shall be carried out in
accordance with test schedules agreed by LR. In general, the arrangements for testing
shall be equivalent to those required for oil-fuelled machinery and equipment.
LR B-1-03 Consideration will be given to carrying out methyl/ethyl
alcohol fuel tests when the ship is at sea where the engine and its control systems have
previously been tested in the oil fuelled operating mode to the satisfaction of LR.
LR-B-1-04 Commissioning tests and trials shall be carried out in
accordance with the testing programme which is required to be submitted by LR A-1-03.
The testing programme shall be agreed by LR and all tests shall be carried out in the
presence of a Surveyor.
LR-B-1-05 Trials shall include the testing of all alarms and
safeguards associated with the fuel supply system and consumers and equipment. At first
loading, the testing of high and high-high level alarms shall be conducted by raising
the liquid level in the fuel tank to the alarm point. All elements of the level alarms,
including the electrical circuit and the sensor(s), of the high and high-high alarms,
shall be function tested.