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Å<strong>ABS</strong> <strong>Notations</strong> and Symbols – 3 November 2003 (Updated on 25 January 2007)<br />

Common <strong>Notations</strong> and Symbols<br />

NOTATION<br />

CPS<br />

DESCRIPTION<br />

Coating Performance Standard (CPS) – This optional notation signifies that <strong>the</strong> protective coatings<br />

used on a vessel’s tanks and void spaces comply with <strong>the</strong> <strong>ABS</strong> Guide for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Class</strong> Notation Coating<br />

Performance Standard (CPS). The Guide illustrates <strong>the</strong> application <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> criteria contained in <strong>the</strong><br />

following:<br />

i) IMO Resolution MSC.215(82) Performance Standard for Protective Coatings for Dedicated<br />

Seawater Ballast Tanks in All Types <strong>of</strong> Ships and Double-Side Skin Spaces <strong>of</strong> Bulk Carriers<br />

(IMO PSPC).<br />

ii)<br />

IACS PR No. 34, IACS Procedural Requirement on Application <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> IMO Performance<br />

Standard for Protective Coatings (PSPC), Resolution MSC.215(82), under IACS Common<br />

Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers.<br />

The Guide is mandatory for <strong>the</strong> Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers (see<br />

<strong>ABS</strong> Steel Vessel Rules Part 5B and Part 5A). After 8 December 2006, it may also be optionally<br />

applied to any non-CSR vessel prior to <strong>the</strong> IMO effective date <strong>of</strong> 1 July 2008. In addition, this Guide<br />

may be optionally applied to CSR vessels constructed prior to <strong>the</strong> effective date <strong>of</strong>8 December 2006.<br />

REFERENCES<br />

1.3 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Guide for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Class</strong> Notation Coating Performance Standard (CPS)<br />

REMARKS<br />

<strong>ABS</strong> Optional Notation<br />

CPS will be published in <strong>the</strong> category <strong>of</strong> “Additional <strong>Notations</strong>” in <strong>the</strong> Record.

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