3.2 Survey application
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1399 – Guildelines on Procedures for In-Service Maintenance and Repair of Coating Systems for Cargo Oil Tanks of Crude Oil Tankers – (10 June 2011) - Annex – Guidelines for Maintenance and Repair of Protective Coatings for Cargo Oil Tanks of Crude Oil Tankers - 3 Survey Recommendations - 3.2 Survey application

3.2 Survey application

  3.2.1 The coating system in cargo tanks should be examined in connection with:

  • .1 intermediate surveys for all crude oil tankers of 5,000 tonnes deadweight or above exceeding ten years of age;

  • .2 renewal surveys for all crude oil tankers of 5,000 tonnes deadweight or above; and

  • .3 incidents during service of the ship indicate damage to the coating of cargo oil tanks or areas coated.

  3.2.2 The condition of the coating in crude oil cargo tanks should be assigned and categorized as GOOD, FAIR or POOR based on visual inspection and estimated percentage of areas with coating failure and rusty surfaces (see table 1) and recordedfootnote. In the case of widespread blisteringfootnote which has not been perforated a further evaluation of blistering percent and coating efficiency could be carried out by in order to decide categorization of coatingfootnote.

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