Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has been recognized by the Brazilian oil company Petronas as the service provider for Condition Assessment Program (CAP).
According to RS the recognition was granted upon the audit carried out by Petronas about the procedural and regulat[ds_preview]ory requirements of the RS CAP against the charterer’s vetting standards and acceptance criteria from the terminals.
CAP is a voluntary procedure commonly applicable to aged tankers and other ship types, which is considered as an independent assessment of the vessel’s overall condition as based on examination of the in-service records review, close-up inspections of hull, machinery, systems, equipment, etc., along with tests, measurements and structural analysis. All the findings resulting are documented into the summary report to comprehensively ground the CAP grade from 1 to 4 ranking the actual condition from ‘very good’ to ‘poor’ respectively.
Certifications of vessels
CAP is also to certify that a vessel regardless of its age, if technically sound in maintenance and operational performance, may have grade 1 or 2 granted, for the parties concerned – charterers, underwriters, terminal authorities to approve for commercial use.
