Operation and repair

Technical supervision of containers in service is performed in a form of survey. As a rule, the Register offers the customer to harmonize the survey system of containers and align it with the terms stipulated in the Rules for Technical Supervision of Containers in Service of the Collection of the Rules for Containers.

Requirements for periodicity, scope and procedure of surveys are given in Section 3 of the Rules for Technical Supervision of Containers in Service of the Collection of the Rules for Containers.

RS services on containers in service:

  • survey of all types of containers;
  • assessment of compliance of containers with the additional requirements of the customer as a third independent party in service (including ON-HIRE inspections of tank containers);
  • inspection of all types of containers in order to document their technical condition;
  • technical supervision during repair and modernization;
  • evaluation of possibility to transport filled tank container after the date of expiry of the last periodic inspection.

Issuance procedure

Request → Survey → Report

Ways to submit the request:

Companies recognized by RS may inspect freight containers (except for tank containers).

Survey in service:

  • periodical;
  • occasional.

The scope of surveys shall comply with the requirements of the Rules for Technical Supervision of Containers in Service of the Collection of the Rules for Containers.

All containers surveyed by RS are included in the database. The information on the next survey date from the database is available in Section ʺContainers in serviceʺ on the website.

Repair of containers

Damages involving impairment of strength performance of bearing structures shall be repaired under the RS technical supervision at RS-inspected or recognized firms and in compliance with the technical documentation approved by RS.

Criteria of impermissible defects and requirements for repair are given in Section 4 of the Rules for Technical Supervision of Containers in Service.

List of firms is presented in Section ʺFirms on containersʺ