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Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures 3
You-Sheng Wu, Wei-Cheng Cui and Guo-Jun Zhou (Eds)
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MARITIME SAFETY CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
OF SHIP AND OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS DESIGN STANDARDS
IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Ke-Jun Li

China Classification Society (CCS)
40 Dong Huang Cheng Gen Nan Jie, Beijing 100006, China

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the development of safety culture and ship & offshore installation design standards.
It is based on the demand of the development of ship, offshore engineering technology in 21st century
and introduces a new design concept - safety, environmental protection and economy. It also briefly
introduces what China Classification Society has achieved in this respect.

KEYWORDS

Maritime Safety Culture, Design Standards, Ship & Offshore installation

1 INTRODUCTION

Since mid seventeenth century when class came into existence, classification societies have been
making every effort to prevent safety at sea and marine environmental protection. With the
development of scientific technology and ship & offshore installations design standards, new
technologies have been woven into class rules.

For the past half century, conventional technology has been challenged by information technology.
Rule-making and survey which are carried out by class has changed radically. The challenges becomes
even greater with ships becoming bigger, transportation becoming specialized.

With all these developments, design technology has undergone great change. In order for shipbuilders
to obtain greater profit, systematic and standardized ship & equipment design has become increasingly