MSC.1/Circ.1381
10 December 2010

 

MODIFICATIONS TO FOOTNOTES IN THE COATING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTIONS MSC.215(82) AND MSC.288(87)

 

 

 

1                         The Maritime  Safety  Committee,  at  its  eighty-eighth  session  (24  November to 3 December 2010), following consideration of the revised NACE standard SP0508-2010 concerning measurement of levels of soluble salts, agreed to modifications to footnotes in the Performance Standard for protective coatings for dedicated seawater ballast tanks in all types of ships and double-side skin spaces of bulk carriers, adopted by resolution MSC.215(82) and in the Performance standard for protective coatings for cargo oil tanks of crude oil tankers, adopted by resolution MSC.288(87), as follows:

 

.1                       Performance Standard for protective coatings for dedicated seawater ballast tanks in all types of ships and double-side skin spaces of bulk carriers (resolution MSC.215(82))

 

Footnote no.8 to section 2.2 of table 1 (Basic coating system requirements for dedicated seawater ballast tanks of all type of ships and double-side skin spaces of bulk carriers of 150 m and upwards) is modified to read as follows:

 

"Conductivity measured in accordance with the following standards:

 

.1                      ISO 8502-9:1998. Preparation of steel substrate before application of paints and related products – Test for the assessment of surface cleanliness; or

 

.2                      NACE SP0508-2010 Item no.21134. Standard practice methods of validating equivalence to ISO 8502-9 on measurement of the levels of soluble salts."

 

.2                       Performance standard for protective coatings for cargo oil tanks of crude oil tankers (resolution MSC.288(87))

 

Footnote no.4 to section 2.2 of table 1 (Basic coating requirements for cargo oil tanks of crude oil tankers) is modified to read as follows:

 

"Conductivity measured in accordance with the following standards:

 

.1                      ISO 8502-9:1998. Preparation of steel substrate before application of paints and related products – Test for the assessment of surface cleanliness; or

 

.2                      NACE SP0508-2010 Item no.21134. Standard practice methods of validating equivalence to ISO 8502-9 on measurement of the levels of soluble salts."

 

2                         Member Governments are invited to note the above modifications to the two footnotes; to take action as appropriate; and to bring the modified footnotes to the attention of all parties