Class Surveys

A classification survey is a visual examination that normally consists of: 

• an overall examination of the items identified in the Rules for survey; 
• detailed checks of selected parts, on a sampling basis. 
• witnessing tests, measurements, and trials where applicable. 

When a surveyor identifies corrosion, structural defects or damage to hull, machinery and/or piece of equipment which, based on the Society’s Rules and in the opinion of the surveyor, affects the ship’s class, remedial measures and/or appropriate recommendations/conditions of class are specified to retain class. The survey is intended to assess whether the structural integrity remains in conformance with the standards contained in the relevant Rules and to identify areas that exhibit substantial corrosion, significant deformation, fractures, damages, or other structural deterioration.

The intermediate survey (held approximately halfway between special surveys) includes examinations and checks as specified in the Rules to determine whether the ship remains in a general condition which satisfies the Rule requirements. According to the type and age of the ship, drydocking may be required and the examinations of the hull may be supplemented by ultrasonic thickness measurements as specified in the Rules and were deemed necessary by the attending surveyor. At the time of annual surveys, the ship is generally examined. The survey includes an external general inspection of the hull, equipment and machinery of the ship and some witnessing of tests, so far as is necessary and practical to determine whether the ship remains in a general condition which satisfies the Rule requirements. Older ships of certain types may also be subject to a general examination of some specified internal areas of the hull. 

Pacific Blu is approved with the following (IACS) Classification Societies:

• Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
• Lloyd’s Register (LR)
• American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
• Bureau Veritas (BV)
• Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NKK)
• Indian Register of Shipping (IRS)