Inland Navigation

Activities

Presentation

25 may 2007

For the benefit of business and people

R. BROEREAdvisorInland NavigationDepartment

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1 Classed fleet

2 New construction + CAC

3 Regulations in force

4 Evolution of regulations

5 Miscellaneous

SUMMARY

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Classed fleet

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Classed fleet1

On 1 november 2006 the classed fleet was shared as following:

Per flagPer flag

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Per typePer type

On 1 november 2006 the classed fleet was shared as follow:

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New construction

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Per flagPer flag

New orders 2006

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Per typePer type

New orders 2006

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VVINT = 135 x 16,8 x 5,8 m = 7300 DWTVVINT = 135 x 16,8 x 5,8 m = 7300 DWT

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Present situation

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Present situationPresent situation

Countries where international regulations involving classification

societies are in force, are mainly located in Europe.

There are 3 set of regulations:

1) European Directive (25 )

2) Rhine Regulations ( 5 countries)

3) Economic Commission for Europe of United Nations ( western

and eastern Europe)

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Present situationPresent situation

1) European Directive ( 82/714)

Do not include:

� Passenger vessels

� Transport of dangerous goods

Recognized classification societies or independent surveyor may

receive delegation from countries authorities for application of part

of complete of the regulations.

For the time being, classification societies act on behalf of authorities in

a very few cases.

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Present situationPresent situation

2) Rhine Regulations

Including

� A)General safety regulations ( including passenger vessels)

� B)Transport of dangerous goods ( ADNR)

� C)Police regulations

A)General safety regulations

Recognized classification societies ( BV, GL, LR)

May act for part of complete General Safety Regulations depending

the delegation delivered by the country authority

May issue attestation mainly for what concerns strength of vessels

Intervention is mandatory in certain cases ( vessel longer than 110m)

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Present situationPresent situation

B) Transport of dangerous goods ( ADNR)

� Classification is mandatory for tankers

� Conformity to classification rules of double hull general cargo vessels

is mandatory for transport of dangerous goods without restriction of

quantities, classification is not to be maintained

� Statutory surveys are delegated to classification society depending the

state authoritites ( France, Belgium, Germany, Switserland, not

Netherlands)

C) Police regulations

� Classification societies are not involved

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Present situationPresent situation

3) Economic Commission of United Nations for Europe

Including like Rhine Rules: ( only a recommendation)

� General safety rules ( resolution 17)

� Transport of dangerous goods ( ADN ) = copy of ADNR

� Police regulations ( CEVNI )

NEVERTHELESS

ADN regulations Convention has been signed in 2000 and will enter

in force when 7 countries will have ratified the text ( end 2007)

Classification is requested (like for ADNR)

Recognition of classification follows a defined procedure .

BV is recommended as Classification Society

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IN FRANCEIN FRANCE

IN FRANCE

French decree 1970 applies for passenger vessels

Passenger vessels with more than 75 passengers or 250 passengers

depending the sailing area have to be classed by a recognized

classification society

French decree will be replace by the next european directive in 2009

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Passenger cruiserPassenger cruiser

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Present situationPresent situation

Texts of Rhines Rules , European Directive and ADN can be

downloaded from websites:

� For Rhine Rules ( general safety rules and ADNR) : http:/www.ccr-

zkr.org ( french, dutch,german)

� For European directive : http://www.eur-lex.europa.eu

� or ADN : http:/www.unece.org/trans ( english, french, russian)

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Evolution

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EvolutionEvolution

For what concerns technical requirements, the Rhine Rules are

taken as a basis for harmonization of the future different regulations:

As general rules

� Rhine Rules including a updated ( 2006) chapter for passenger vessels

� European directive ( 2006/87) has been published on 30 december

2006, and will enter in force 2 years later.

� Economic Commission of United Nations for Europe ( resolution 61)

Transport of dangerous goods

� ADNR rules ( Rhine)

� ADN rules (future european directive and Economic Commission of

United Nations for Europe

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EvolutionEvolution

In the scope of this evolution:

BV participates to several working groups at Rhine

Commission,European working group and UNECE working group

Classification societies will be more involved in statutory missions

through delegation from state authority as foressen by the european

directive

In France , a new decree will be in force in 2008 giving delegation to

Classification Societies or recognized persons for application of

statutory rules depending the size of the vessels or the number of

passengers

In The Netherlands, discussions are open for privatisation of inspection

through Classification Societies and recognized inspection bodies.

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BV RULESBV RULES

BUREAU VERITAS INLAND NAVIGATION RULES

In June 2006, BV joinly with GL have issued a new set of rules

comprizing 4 parts:

� Part A : Classification and Surveys

� Part B : Hull and Design Construction

� Part C : Machinery, Systems and Electricity

� Part D : Additional Requirements for Notations

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BV RULESBV RULES

BUREAU VERITAS INLAND NAVIGATION RULES

The main updating takes place in integration of updated statutory

rules ( Rhine and ADN), in particular:

� New approach for scantling of hull

� Passenger vessels

� Stability

� Fire detection, protection and fire fighting

� Transport of dangerous goods

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Market

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MarketMarket

1)Petroleum companies require more safety for transport of

dangerous goods, consequently more double hull vessels

2)Non dangerous products ( but polluant for water ) will have to be

transported in double hull tankers from 2009 with a transitory period

not yet defined for existing vessels.

3)Enter in force of ADN will oblige the fleets of eastern european

countries to be adapted and renewed

4) Uniformisation of passenger vessels rules will facilitate the

exchanges between european countries

BV is one of the 3 classification societies which are the most

experienced.

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Market.Market.

New construction

Presently our clients are mostly in western Europe

Hulls are built mostly:

� China

� Romania

� Ukraine

� Poland

� Russia

Vessels are mostly completed in Netherlands

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LPO delegationLPO delegation

Presently, delegation for examination of drawings is granted to the

following Local Plan Approval Offices:

� DT department and DNI ( Head Office)

� DPO ( Rotterdam)

� GPO ( Hamburg)

� RPO ( Rio de janeiro)

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LPO delegationLPO delegation

Presently, delegation for examination of drawings is granted to the

following Local Plan Approval Offices:

� DT department and DNI ( Head Office)

� DPO ( Rotterdam)

� GPO ( Hamburg)

� RPO ( Rio de janeiro)

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