BV: Rule Note referring to the coating performance standard

Classification Society Bureau Veritas on 1 July 2023 published a Rule Note referring to the coating performance standard.

Document No. NR530 R05 is effective from 1 July 2023.

Application

1.1 General

1.1.1 This Rule Note applies to protective coatings used for:

dedicated seawater ballast tanks of ships of not less than 500 gross tonnage and double-side skin spaces arranged in bulk carriers of length greater than or equal to 150 m
void spaces in bulk carriers and oil tankers
cargo oil tanks of crude oil tankers of 5,000 tonnes deadweight and above
methanol fuel tanks.

1.1.2 It applies to ships complying with the requirements of the IMO Performance Standard for Protective Coating for dedicated seawater ballast tanks (IMO PSPC WBT), according to the procedure described in Sec 2.

1.1.3 It applies to bulk carriers and oil tankers complying with the requirements of the IMO Performance Standard for Protective Coating for void spaces (IMO PSPC VSP), according to the procedure described in Sec 3.

1.1.4 It applies to crude oil tankers complying with the requirements of the IMO Performance Standard for Protective Coating for cargo oil tanks of crude oil tankers (IMO PSPC COT), according to the procedure described in Sec 4.

1.1.5 It applies to ships using or prepared to use methanol as fuel stored in tanks to be protected by a coating system according to the procedure described in Sec 5.

1.2 Additional service feature CPS(WBT)

1.2.1 The additional service feature CPS(WBT) is to be assigned to ships complying with the requirements of the Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers or the Common Structural Rules for Double Hull Oil Tankers, contracted for construction on or after the 8th December 2006, for which the requirements of this Rule Note are to be applied. (Refer to NR467 Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2, [4.16.10]).

1.3 Additional class notation CPS(WBT)

1.3.1 The additional class notation CPS(WBT) may be assigned to ships, other than those subject to [1.2] above, complying with the requirements of this Rule Note. (Refer to NR467 Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2, [6.24.4]).

1.4 Additional class notation CPS(VSP)

1.4.1 The additional class notation CPS(VSP) may be assigned to bulk carriers and oil tankers complying with the requirements of this Rule Note. (Refer to NR467 Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2, [6.24.3]).

1.5 Additional class notation CPS(COT)

1.5.1 The additional class notation CPS(COT) may be assigned to crude oil tankers complying with the requirements of this Rule Note. (Refer to NR467 Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2, [6.24.1]).

1.6 Additional class notation CPS(MFT)

1.6.1 The additional class notation CPS(MFT) may be assigned to ships using or prepared to use methanol as fuel stored in tanks to be protected by a coating system complying with the requirements of this Rule Note. (Refer to NR467 Rules for the Classification of Steel Ships Pt A, Ch 1, Sec 2, [6.24.2]).

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