List of themes included in the RS Plan for Research and Development Works for 2025:
Development of new requirements (during design, manufacture and in service) for refrigerating and/or heating appliances applied in containers.
Improvement of the regulatory and methodological framework of RS rules in terms of requirements for hull structures of metal floating docks.
Improvement of the regulatory and methodological framework of RS rules in terms of requirements for hull structures of reinforced-concrete floating docks.
A procedure and an algorithm for determining permissible speeds of a ship ramming into an ice floe edge.
Development of a procedure for determining permissible operating conditions for combined (river-sea) and coastal navigation ships.
Development of a set of requirements for classification and construction of small commercial ships.
Development of draft RS requirements for tanks intended for storage and transportation of liquefied hydrogen.
Development of guidelines on analysis of thermal stresses in ship cryogenic pipelines and pipelines exposed to high temperature.
Environmental efficiency of ship operation. Voyage planning and efficiency calculation subject to certain conditions.
Development of requirements for oil and gas condensate processing equipment of offshore installations.
Development of requirements for safe laying of steel subsea pipelines by pipe laying vessels equipped with position mooring system affected by wind and current.
Development of proposals to supplement the Rules for the Classification and Construction of Nuclear Ships and Nuclear Support Vessels with a new part of "Additional Requirements for Nuclear Support Vessels carrying Ships with Fueled Nuclear Reactors".
Lean management. Recommendations on building an integrated system based on principles of quality management and lean manufacturing at firms of the maritime transport industry.
Development of recommendations on documenting a quality management system based on the principles of ISO 9001 in organizations under RS technical supervision.
A procedure and an algorithm for determining a scenario of ship motion in the сlose towing mode taking into account designs of aft ends of main types of NSR icebreakers.
Analysis of domestic manufacturers of tank-vehicles, their typical configurations, materials and welding works used during their fabrication, fittings and certification of involved personnel.
Development of RS rules for approval of new tank-vehicles in accordance with the requirements of the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) as well as the requirements for tank-vehicles in service.
Control of quality, quantity and transport characteristics of cargo shipped by sea:
industry analysis;
requirements for cargo quality, a procedure to determine cargo quantity;
development of a statement of work for creation and equipping of a laboratory to determine quality and quantity of cargo.