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01Onboard Noise Survey and Ship Noise Mapping02Whole-Body and Habitability Vibration Survey03Marine Machinery Vibration Analysis04Onboard Indoor Air Quality Testing05Onboard Thermal Comfort Survey06Marine Torsional Vibration Measurement and Analysis07Onboard Sound Insulation and Sound Reduction Index Testing08NEPTUNES / ESI Airborne Noise Survey for Moored Ships09Onboard Personal Noise Exposure Monitoring10Ultrasonic Thickness Measurement for Ships11Vessel Machinery Condition Monitoring12Ballast Water Sampling and Testing13PA/GA Audibility and Speech Intelligibility Survey14Structural and Hull Vibration Survey15Ship HVAC and Ventilation Performance Survey16Onboard Reverberation and Speech Intelligibility Testing17Pre-Delivery and Sea-Trial Measurement Services18Underwater Radiated Noise Survey19Vessel Noise and Vibration Troubleshooting
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SURVEY BASIS

Standards create consistency. Good surveys create understanding.

Marine requirements can originate from conventions, flag administrations, class rules, building contracts, owner specifications, makers, ports and voluntary initiatives. We confirm the governing basis before mobilisation and identify the criteria used in every report.

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STANDARDS UPDATE

ISO 6954:2000 has been withdrawn.

ISO 20283-5:2016 is its replacement for ship habitability vibration. Legacy contracts may still cite ISO 6954, so the governing contractual and class basis must be confirmed before testing.

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Noise & acoustics

SOLAS regulation II-1/3-12

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IMO resolution MSC.337(91), Code on Noise Levels on Board Ships

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ISO 2923 — measurement of noise on board vessels

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ISO 16283-1 — field measurement of airborne sound insulation

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ISO 717-1 — rating of airborne sound insulation

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ISO 3382 series — room-acoustic parameters

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IEC 61672 series — sound level meters

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IEC 61252 — personal sound exposure meters

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IEC 60268-16 — objective rating of speech intelligibility

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Current ESI / NEPTUNES Noise Measurement Protocol

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Vibration & condition

ISO 20283-2 — structural vibration of ships

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ISO 20283-4 — ship propulsion machinery vibration

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ISO 20283-5:2016 — vibration with regard to habitability

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ISO 21984 — habitability vibration on specific ships where applicable

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ISO 20816 series — machinery vibration where applicable

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ISO 17359 — condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines

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Applicable class rules and approved torsional-vibration calculations

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Environmental & habitability

IMO Ballast Water Management Convention and regulation D-2

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BWM.2/Circ.70/Rev.1 — BWMS commissioning testing

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BWMS Code and applicable type-approval documents

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ISO 16000 series — selected indoor-air measurements

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ISO 7726 — thermal-environment instruments

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ISO 7730 — analytical interpretation of thermal comfort

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Applicable MLC, flag, class and owner habitability requirements

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MEPC.1/Circ.906 — revised underwater-radiated-noise guidelines

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ISO 17208 series — underwater sound from ships

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Structural & service-supplier requirements

Classification-society rules for thickness measurement and structural assessment

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Service-supplier approval requirements for class-credited work

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Confined-space, hazardous-area and vessel permit-to-work requirements

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Accredited laboratory and chain-of-custody requirements where applicable

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Publication note

Standards, circulars, class rules and interpretations can change. A reference is not a substitute for project scoping: vessel type, build date, tonnage, flag, class, notation, contract and intended use determine applicability.

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