IMO有关PSPC要求.pdf

All you need to know about… The IMO Performance Standard for Protective Coatings (PSPC) New ballast tank regulations for newbuildings Hempel – the most effective way to protect your investment The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is the specialist United Nations agency tasked with improving maritime safety and preventing pollution from ships. On 8 December 2006, the IMO adopted the new Performance Standard for Protective Coatings (PSPC), as resolution MSC.215(82). This important new standard will also be included in the International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea (the SOLAS Convention). The PSPC is intended to improve the safety at sea by reducing the corrosion encountered in steel ships, and applies specifically to the protective coatings used for dedicated seawater ballast tanks in all types of ships, and also in the double-side skin spaces of bulk carriers. The aim of the PSPC The aim of the new standard is to improve safety at sea by avoiding the effects of corrosion, thus enhancing the structural integrity of the vessels as a whole. In specific terms, this involves a target of 15-year useful coating life for ballast tanks classified as being in good condition, according to the definition used by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). The scope of the PSPC The PSPC applies to newbuildings, and covers protection of the water ballast tanks in all types of ships of 500 gross tonnage and more as well as double-side skin spaces in bulk carriers of 150 metres or more in length. When does the PSPC come into force? The PSPC enters into force for all shipbuilding contracts placed on or after 1 July 2008. If there is no building contract, it applies to all keels laid from 1 January 2009 onwards. It will then apply to all vessels delivered from 1 July 2012 onwards. It will be mandatory, and an amendment to SOLAS regulations II-1/3-2 and XII/6. PSPC already