RS RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (CAP)

The volume was specifically developed by the specialists of Russian Register to provide the industry with the recommendations pertaining to the CAP, standing for the condition assessment program. The content was prepared on the basis of the extensive experience of the subject class society in the implementation of this program.

The requirements of the oil companies being consumers of the CAP services that are provided by the Russian Register have also been considered in this volume establishing the procedure and relevant performance criteria together with the scope of the program. The intro part of the volume contains terms and abbreviations used in the text, and list of reference normative documents.

The main part of the Recommendations is divided in several chapters covering the general provisions, execution of the CAP operations, conditions rating scale, CAP surveys and reporting, analysis of the ship hull strength etc. Two appendices provide supplementary information on the required format of information submitted on the repairs for the final CAP reporting, and list of the information that is submitted to the owner of the vessel. The latest release of the document.