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 the administrative 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 s1b ect of electrical on-shore connection of ships in ports, which is clearl2 within the domain of IEC, and re31ests that the wor0 be transferred to IEC TC 18" It sho1ld be noted also that electrical installations are specificall2 e4cl1ded from the scope of IS+(TC 8" The S#$ invites IS+(T#$ to conc1r"5 Noting that both IEC(S#$ and IS+(T#$ will disc1ss the matter in 6ebr1ar2 &77', NEK propose the following. The wor0 alread2 started in IEC TC 18 in &778, on electrical on-shore connection of ships in ports, shall contin1e with least possible dela2" IEC TC 18 is as0ed to see0 active participation from its liaisons, in partic1lar I#+, IEC TC )9 and IS+(TC 8 and from IEC TC :: for voltages above 1 0;" <=STI6IC>TI+N 6+? KEEPING T@E AE>% ?+AE IN T@E P?+<ECT $B IEC TC 18 The p1rpose of the pro ect is to f1rther develop the international standard on electrical onshore connection of ships in ports, alread2 covered b2 IEC )77:&!&71, E%" 9"7. Electrical installations in ships C Part &71. S2stem design C Deneral, cla1se 19. Shore connections *connecting installations on!board with installations on!shore EF both IEC responsibilit2-" Electrical and electronic e31ipment on!board ships and marine str1ct1res are e4plicitl2 e4cl1ded from the scope of IS+(TC 8 *and referred to IEC TC 18 and IEC TC 87-" I#+ has in a letter to IEC, dated 18 %ecember &77), written. />s pointed o1t b2 several #ember States *see paragraph 9"1) of #EPC 88(&,-, it is the mandate of IEC and not IS+ to prod1ce electro!technicall2 related standards for ships, and maintained the view that I#+ sho1ld contin1e to refer to IEC standards where appropriate" The I#+ Secretariat was informed b2 IEC on ) +ctober &77) that IEC TC 18 is 1nderta0ing wor0 to 1pdate the relevant IEC standards regarding shore connection s1ppl2 s2stems for ships"5 The wor0 so far in IEC TC 18 is alread2 doc1mented in 18(1797(C%, circ1lated in +ctober &77)" The onl2 doc1ment related to the s1b ect from IS+ is a NGIP *N9&:-"

6=?T@E? ?EAE;>NT IN6+?#>TI+N >N% CAE>?I6IC>TI+N +N T@E S=$<ECT Ge recogniHe that this pro ect has both electrotechnical and non!electrotechnical aspects, b1t the main aspect is electrotechnical, to enable the ship in port to cover the need of electricit2 from so1rces on!shore instead of so1rces on!board *to red1ce emissions of N+4 and S+4-" IEC TC 18 has Aiaison > with I#+ *li0e IS+(TC 8- and both the Chairman and the Secretar2 *as well as the Secretariat and some active P!members- have for 2ears en o2ed a close contact with I#+ and its national members" That is probabl2 wh2 I#+, on #a2 1)th &77) wrote both to IEC and IS+ and e4pressed that /the #arine Environment %ivision wo1ld be gratef1l to receive information on an2 ongoing activit2 on standardiHation of on!shore power s1ppl2 for ships in 2o1r organiHation" >lso information on ongoing activities in other organiHations or for1ms wo1ld be appreciated"5 Instead of informing I#+ abo1t the ongoing wor0 in IEC, IS+ *TC 8(SC ,- started parallell wor0" The International Convention for the Safet2 of Aife at Sea *S+A>S-, 1nder I#+, refers to the recommendations p1blished b2 IEC, in partic1lar P1blication :& *now )77:&- in their Part % Electrical installations, ?eg1lation 97" IEC TC 18 P1blications are accepted world wide and also generall2 adopted b2 all the ma or Classification Societies thro1gh The International >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 c1rrent *9th- edition of IEC )77:&!&71 dates bac0 to 1::9, and the need to 1date it was alread2 recogniHed before the IEC TC 18 Plenar2 #eeting in @o1ston in 1::8" The tas0 was given to #T 1 1nder =S convenership" >t the ne4t TC 18 Plenar2 #eeting in 6irenHe in &771, the convener co1ld not attend, b1t his report *18(:11(IN6- was presented b2 the head of the Norwegian delegation, also a member of #T 1" No meetings had been held and no s1bstansial progress of wor0 was reported" >t the last TC 18 Plenar2 meeting in %elft in &778, the convener attended and presented his report *18(:87(IN6-" No meetings had been held and no s1bstantial progress of wor0 was reported" >t the same meeting, the Derman delegation made a presentation regarding Electric Power S1ppl2 for vessels d1ring Port +peration" It was agreed that this pro ect involved incl1ding relevant cla1ses 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 doc1ment 18(1797(C% was prepared as a proposal to ma0e some progress on the important cla1se 19. Shore connections" The doc1ment was circ1lated &77)!17!7) with closing date for comments &77'!71!1&" The compilation of comments were circ1lated &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 Irven *N+-" +slo &77'!71!,1 Tore Trondvold #anaging %irector of NEK and Secretar2 of the N+ NC