Russian designs submitted to IMO

The Russian Federation (RF) and Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) are working on a project on tank containers with shells made of Fibre Reinforced Plastics. They have now presented their findings to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

The IMO Maritime Safety Committee has considered the RF paper, which was supported by a presentation on the design, construction and testing of tank containers with shells made of Fibre Reinforced Plastics (FRP) for multimodal transport of dangerous goods.

During the presentation, the General Manager of ApATeK R&D enterprise, Andrey Ushakov, spoke about the benefits of a new type of tank container shell instead of the traditional metal ones currently used, they offer a longer-term service life, increased treatment frequency, improved safekeeping properties of the transported product and safety of cargo shipping.

In a statement, RS said: “The maritime industry experts have acknowledged the use of FRP materials truly promising for the multimodal transportation of dangerous goods. The International Maritime Organization has recognised the importance and actuality of the information provided by the Russian Federation on development and incorporation of requirements to tank containers with FRP vessels in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code and other international regulations governing the container transportation, and [it was] encouraged to resume work [with subsequent] notifying the IMO on the progress.”

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17th July 2017