In-Service Considerations
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In-Service Considerations

Parent topic: 5 Tier II – Functional Requirements

II.13 Survey and maintenance

 Ships shall be designed and constructed to facilitate ease of survey and maintenance, in particular avoiding the creation of spaces too confined to allow for adequate survey and maintenance activities. Areas shall be identified that need special attention during surveys throughout the ship's life. In particular, this shall include all necessary in-service survey and maintenance that was assumed when selecting ship design parameters.

II.14 Structural accessibility

 The ship shall be designed, constructed and equipped to provide adequate means of access to all internal structures to facilitate overall and close-up inspections and thickness measurements.

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