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Electrical on-shore connection of ships in ports

Proposal from NEK, the Norwegian NC of IEC

NEK, holding the Secretariat of IEC TC 18, has noted the ongoing debate concerning theadministrative lead of the pro ect Electrical on!shore connection of ships in ports"

S#$ %ecision 1&'(1) *IEC TC 18 and IS+(TC 8(SC -./The S#$ wishes to inform IS+(T#$ that wor0 has started in IS+ TC 8(SC on the s b ectof electrical on-shore connection of ships in ports , which is clearl2 within the domain of IEC,and re3 ests that the wor0 be transferred to IEC TC 18" It sho ld be noted also that electricalinstallations are specificall2 e4cl ded from the scope of IS+(TC 8"The S#$ invites IS+(T#$ to conc r"5

Noting that both IEC(S#$ and IS+(T#$ will disc ss the matter in 6ebr ar2 &77', NEK propose the following.

The wor0 alread2 started in IEC TC 18 in &77 , on electrical on-shore connection of ships in ports, shall contin e with least possible dela2"

IEC TC 18 is as0ed to see0 active participation from its liaisons, in partic lar I#+,IEC TC )9 and IS+(TC 8 and from IEC TC :: for voltages above 1 0;"

TI+N 6+? KEEPING T@E AE>% ?+AE IN T@E P?+s pointed o t b2 several#ember States *see paragraph 9"1) of #EPC (& -, it is the mandate of IEC and not IS+ to

prod ce electro!technicall2 related standards for ships, and maintained the view that I#+sho ld contin e to refer to IEC standards where appropriate" The I#+ Secretariat wasinformed b2 IEC on ) +ctober &77) that IEC TC 18 is nderta0ing wor0 to pdate therelevant IEC standards regarding shore connection s ppl2 s2stems for ships"5

The wor0 so far in IEC TC 18 is alread2 doc mented in 18(1797(C%, circ lated in +ctober&77)" The onl2 doc ment related to the s b ect from IS+ is a NGIP *N9&:-"

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6=?T@E? ?EAE;>NT IN6+?#>TI+N >N% CAE>?I6IC>TI+N +N T@E S=$ssociation of Classification Societies"

With respect to the progress of work in IEC TC 18, we can pro i!e the following inp"t# The c rrent *9 th- edition of IEC )77:&!&71 dates bac0 to 1::9, and the need to date it wasalread2 recogniHed before the IEC TC 18 Plenar2 #eeting in @o ston in 1::8"The tas0 was given to #T 1 nder =S convenership"

>t the ne4t TC 18 Plenar2 #eeting in 6irenHe in &771, the convener co ld not attend, b t hisreport *18(:11(IN6- was presented b2 the head of the Norwegian delegation, also a memberof #T 1" No meetings had been held and no s bstansial progress of wor0 was reported"

>t the last TC 18 Plenar2 meeting in %elft in &77 , the convener attended and presented hisreport *18(:87(IN6-" No meetings had been held and no s bstantial progress of wor0 wasreported" >t the same meeting, the Derman delegation made a presentation regarding ElectricPower S ppl2 for vessels d ring Port +peration" It was agreed that this pro ect involvedincl ding relevant cla ses in the new proposed Part 1 and this was to be ta0en care of in the

revisions to Part 1 *see 18(17&7(?#-"

$ased on a proposal from the Derman NC, the doc ment 18(1797(C% was prepared as a proposal to ma0e some progress on the important cla se 19. Shore connections"The doc ment was circ lated &77)!17!7) with closing date for comments &77'!71!1&"The compilation of comments were circ lated &77'!71!1: *18(1798(CC-"

If more details are needed, please contact the IEC TC 18 Chairman. $rian Sharman *=K-,or the IEC TC 18 Secretar2. ?agnar D rven *N+-"

+slo &77'!71! 1

Tore Trondvold#anaging %irector of NEK and Secretar2 of the N+ NC