GDR ship revision and classification

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The DDR Ship inspection and classification (DSRK) was the ship's classification society of the GDR . As a state body, it was subordinate to the Ministry of Transport. The seat of the authority was Zeuthen near Berlin .

history

After the Second World War , Germanischer Lloyd resumed the classification of new ships in occupied Germany. In the SBZ , the employees of the former Berlin headquarters took on this task. In April 1950, the GDR founded the German Ship Revision and Classification as its own classification society in the form of an institution under public law with its seat in Potsdam . The DSRK, initially based on the regulations of Germanischer Lloyd, immediately took over its entire scope of duties and responsibilities and classified the new ships that were mainly built as reparations for the Soviet Union . Germanischer Lloyd, whose income in East Germany fell significantly, closed its Berlin office in 1952. In 1960, the German ship inspection and classification was directly subordinated to the state administration and converted into a state body.

The DSRK became a member of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) in 1968 . In 1973 the name was changed to GDR Ship Revision and Classification . In 1974, the cooperation with Germanischer Lloyd, which had been active in the GDR again since 1960, was enshrined in a reciprocity agreement. Shortly before German reunification , the DSRK was separated from the GDR Ministry of Transport in September 1990 and incorporated into Germanischer Lloyd, and the inspections of both companies were combined.

tasks

The DSRK carried out the classification of all vessels, components, equipment and facilities subject to classification as well as the construction supervision and testing of the vessels built or repaired in the GDR. She was responsible for their monitoring and revision and checked materials, devices, machines and components subject to acceptance for quality, construction and function. It set the freeboard , calibrated inland vessels and issued the relevant certificates. She also checked the design and classification documents and checked compliance with international classification regulations. Her main tasks included the development and publication of design, building, testing, classification and revision regulations. The DSRK kept the class register for shipping in the GDR.

literature

  • GDR ship revision and classification . In: BI-Taschenlexikon Schiffbau Schiffahrt . 2nd Edition. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1982, p. 60 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ordinance on the establishment of an institution under public law "German Ship Revision and Classification" of March 2, 1950 (Journal of Laws p. 156)
  2. ↑ a b c L 22 RA 90/04 decision of February 8, 2005. Regional Social Court for the State of Brandenburg, accessed on September 10, 2009 .
  3. ↑ a b Germanischer Lloyd. 140 years of class "Made in Germany" . In: Ship & Harbor Special . No. 3 . DVV Media Group , March 2007, ISSN  0938-1643 , p. 18 ( Online [PDF; 7.5 MB ; accessed on September 10, 2009]).
  4. ^ Ordinance on the German ship revision and classification of April 28, 1960 (Journal of Laws of I p. 362)
  5. ^ Order on the statute of the GDR ship revision and classification of December 27, 1972 (Journal of Laws of I p. 42)
  6. ^ Germanischer Lloyd. 140 years of class "Made in Germany" . In: Ship & Harbor Special . No. 3 . DVV Media Group , March 2007, ISSN  0938-1643 , p. 28 ( Online [PDF; 7.5 MB ; accessed on September 10, 2009]).

Web links

  • ddr-binnenschifffahrt.de further information on the registration and structure, as well as explanations on the meaning of the abbreviations used in the DSRK register and in the ship pass