1 The Committee, at its eighty-sixth session (27
May to 5 June 2009), having recognized the need for Guidelines for
maintenance and repair of protective coatings, taking into account
the amendments to SOLAS regulations
II-1/3-2 and XII/6 and 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 resolutions MSC.216(82)and MSC.215(82), respectively,
considered the proposal by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment,
at its fifty-second session, and approved Guidelines for maintenance
and repair of protective coatings, set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to apply the
annexed Guidelines during survey, assessment and repair of protective
coatings in ballast tanks on or after 1 January 2011 and bring them
to the attention of shipowners, shipbuilders and other parties concerned.