2018/9011/N
EC/EFTA
NO Norwegen
  • T20T - Seetransport und Binnenschifffahrtstransport
2018-10-15
2018-07-13

Construction, mobile offshore units.

Proposed Regulation concerning amendments to the Regulations on the construction of mobile offshore units.

The draft technical regulations shall apply to Norwegian flagged mobile offshore units.

The Norwegian Maritime Authority are in the DTR proposing some updates to the Construction Regulations based on feedback from the industry.

We have proposed new requirements in Section 6 subsection 2.2.1 and 2.2.4, which is only relevant for Jack-Up units, to ensure that the structure and the stability of the unit is sufficient to withstand the environmental forces form the condition we introduced in Section 10 subsection 1.2 in the last revision of the regulations.

In addition, we have introduced an operational requirement to ensure positive air gap in the operation condition for semi-submersible units. This to protect the on board crew in this condition.

The requirement in Section 10 subsection 1.2 has just been adjusted since we now refer back the environmental conditions in the in Section 6 subsection 2.2.1. In todays regulation these environmental conditions are defined in Section 10 subsection 1.2.

The DTR shall apply to Norwegian flagged mobile offshore units.