NR526 Lifting Appliances onboard Ships and Offshore Units

This Rule Note is applicable to lifting appliances fitted on ships, floating supports, fixed or mobile offshore platforms and provides requirements for the certification of lifting accessories and the verification of lifting pad eyes.

Reference	Title	Date
NR526 Amendments July 2026	Amendements July 2026 to January 2026 edition of NR526	July 2026
NR526 R05	Lifting appliances onboard ships and offshore units	January 2026

Check the Consolidated edition January 2026 with July 2026 amendments
Check the main changes (Edition January 2026)

Check other Bureau Veritas rules and guidelines, including:

NR467 Rules for the classification of steel ships
NR445 Rules for the classification of offshore units

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