Section 1 General
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Clasifications Register Rules and Regulations - Rules for the Classification of Stern First Ice Class Ships, July 2022 - Chapter 4 Main and Auxiliary Machinery - Section 1 General

Section 1 General

Parent topic: Chapter 4 Main and Auxiliary Machinery

1.1 Machinery rule references

1.1.1 This Chapter indicates the requirements to be adopted for the propulsion unit and machinery of Stern First Ice Class Ships. The general philosophy of this Chapter is to apply the relevant sections of Pt 5 Main and Auxiliary Machinery of the Rules for Ships to the propulsion unit, with additional ice loads based upon the load scenarios derived in Ch 2 Operational and Load Scenarios.

1.1.2 The additional requirements for the machinery arrangement for Stern First Ice Class Ships in this Section are intended to supplement the FS Rules or PC Rules, as applicable.

1.1.3  Ch 4, 2 Propulsion units of this Chapter is directly applicable to podded propulsion units and mechanical azimuthing thrusters, as defined in Pt 5 Main and Auxiliary Machinery of the Rules for Ships.

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