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The International Maritime Organisation’s sub-committee on Ship Design and
Equipment (DE) is expected to finalised performance standards for protective
coatings in its 49th session which is expected to sit on next week.
The meeting from 20-24 February 2006 is a follow-up session from the 2005
meeting.
Last year the sub-committee agreed that coating performance standards should
apply to all coatings used in ballast and void spaces on all types of ships,
with a target coating life of 15 years.
The meeting is also look into the amendments to Enhanced Survey Programme
for bulk carriers and oil tankers.
The sub-committee will review proposed draft amendments to the enhanced
survey programme (resolution A.744) regarding surveys of double hull bulk
carriers as well as draft amendments to the Condition Assessment Scheme (CAS)
regarding change of flag during CAS surveys.
In addition to that the 49the session will also finalising the International
Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code and the Recommendation on testing of LSA
(resolution MSC.81 (70)) regarding performance testing and approval
standards for SOLAS personal LSA.
The sub-committee continued work on the compatibility of life-saving
appliances and agreed that three issues needed further consideration:
compatibility of immersion suits and lifejackets; compatibility of immersion
suits and lifeboat access and capacity; and compatibility of lifejackets and
marine evacuation systems.
The Sub-Committee also agreed to finalize work at this meeting on
inconsistencies in IMO instruments regarding requirements for LSA in order
to address inconsistencies and ambiguities which had been identified between
the LSA Code, the Recommendation on testing of LSA (resolution MSC.81 (70))
and the Standardized LSA evaluation and test report forms (MSC/Circ.980).
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