Ice Navigation Ship Certificate, Ice Certificate

Rules:

• Rules for the Classification and Construction of Sea-Going Ships
• Rules for the Classification Surveys of Ships in Service

Description:

Ice Navigation Ship Certificate (Form 3.1.5) is issued to ship crews, ship owners, Flag State MAs and can be used to assist in decision-making when choosing the parameters of ship motions when navigating in ice. The Ice Certificate is intended to reduce the risk of damage to ship's hull when interacting with ice, as well as to specify the permissible speed in ice and other parameters depending on the design features and technical characteristics of the ship. The Ice Certificate may be issued for ships in service regardless of whether the ship has an ice class assigned or is an RS-classed ship. The Ice Certificate may be permanent/full term or short term.

Permanent/Full Term Ice Certificate is an Ice Navigation Ship Certificate issued for a period of up to 5 years. When preparing the document, an assessment of compliance of the ship's technical characteristics with the calculations of permissible ship motions in all possible ice operating conditions is performed.

Short Term Ice Certificate is an Ice Navigation Ship Certificate issued for making a call at a specific port/group of ports in a certain period of time (navigation). When preparing the document, an assessment of compliance of the ship's technical characteristics with the calculations of permissible ship motions for the operating conditions in each specific port is performed.

The procedure for registration and issuance of an Ice Certificate, Form 3.1.5, is set out in Appendix 22 to the Manual on Technical Supervision of Vessels in Operation, freely available on the RS website (https://rs-class.org/) in the section "Editions of the RS". The basis for issuing a Certificate of acceptable conditions for ice navigation of a vessel is an Ice Safety Passport.

Result:

- The Ice Certificate.