8 Alternative Coating Systems
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8 Alternative Coating Systems

  8.1 All systems that are not an epoxy-based system applied according to table 1 of this Standard are defined as an alternative system.

  8.2 This Standard is based on recognized and commonly used coating systems. It is not meant to exclude other, alternative, systems with proven equivalent performance, for example non-epoxy-based systems.

  8.3 Acceptance of alternative systems shall be subject to documented evidence that they ensure a corrosion prevention performance at least equivalent to that indicated in this Standard, by either:

  • .1 testing according to this standard; or

  • .2 five years' field exposure with documentary evidence of continuous trading with crude oil cargoes.footnote The coating condition is not less than "GOOD" after five years.

Parent topic: Annex – Performance Standard for Protective Coatings for Cargo Oil Tanks of Crude Oil Tankers
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