General The provisions of this Guide apply to container ships equipped to transport integral refrigerated containers. Where cargo is carried in refrigerated containers of plug-in or integral types which have their own individually mounted refrigeration machinery@ hence requiring shipboard electrical power supply and in some cases the cooling water supply for the condensers@ and@ where fitted@ the associated temperature monitoring and control system@ the Record will give the total number of refrigerated containers onboard@ the total design load in kW and the type of temperature monitoring and control system installed. Section 2 of this Guide provides the technical requirements for the optional notation: ? IRCC-SP xxx/xx (Integral Refrigerated Container Carrier ?C Stowage Positions) for container ships. When requested by the Owner@ the systems and arrangements for stowage of integral refrigerated containers may be verified for compliance with the requirements outlined in Section 2 of this Guide. The Class Notation ? IRCC-SP xxx/xx is supplemented by two figures@ the first of which stands for the number of certified integral refrigerated container stowage positions and the second figure for the percentage of containers carrying fruit/chilled cargoes. For example@ ? IRCC-SP 940/35 designates that the ship is capable of the simultaneous carriage of 940 integral refrigerated cargo containers arranged on deck and/or in container holds@ and a maximum of 35% of those cargo containers may be loaded with fruit or chilled cargoes. The number of integral refrigerated containers is based on FEU (forty foot equivalent units). Details concerning other container sizes@ stowage positions and special conditions will be stipulated in the Class Record. The requirements in this Guide are in addition to the classification requirements for ships contained in the ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels (Steel Vessel Rules).
ABS 220-2015 history
2017ABS 220-2017 GUIDE FOR CARRIAGE OF INTEGRAL REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS ON BOARD SHIPS
2015ABS 220-2015 GUIDE FOR CARRIAGE OF INTEGRAL REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS ON BOARD SHIPS