标准26规定了船上机械制冷和空调设备的设计、建造、安装、操作、检查和维护的最低一般要求，以确保此类系统的安全、高效和可靠运行。2020年对该标准的重申不包含任何实质性变化。

Standard 26 provides the minimum general requirements for the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, and maintenance of mechanical refrigerating and air-conditioning equipment aboard ship to permit the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of such systems.The 2020 reaffirmation of the standard contains no substantive changes.