ABSTRACT
The Performance Standard for Protective Coatings for Dedicated Seawater Ballast Tanks of all Types of Ships and Double-Side Skin Spaces of Bulk Carriers (International Maritime Organization, 2006), as the new IMO PSPC is fully named, was adopted at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Safety Committee meeting N.82 in December 8 2006. These rules are mandatory for tankers and bulk carriers contracted after December 6 2006 if to be covered by the Common Structural Rules agreed by IACS (International Association of Classification Societies). All vessels over 500GT contracted on or after 1st July 2008 will also have to comply, independently of the CSR, to comply with SOLAS regulation II-1/3-2 as adopted by resolution MSC.216(82).
