The IMO PSPC Requirement for

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• The IMO PSPC Requirement for
• Coatings Technical File
• How to use it to Reduce
• Life Cycle Costs
• Delmar Doyle, Sr. Director
• NACE International

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The Aim of PSPC?

• - To move from this
  - To this

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PSPC Standards

• For the regulation to prove it achieves what is
  has set out to achieve
• This Standard is based on specifications and
  requirements which intend to provide a target
  useful coating life of at least 15 years, which
  is considered to be the time period, from initial
  application, over which the coating system is
  intended to remain in GOOD condition.

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PSPC Poses Challenges/Opportunities

• Should result in Improved design
• A greater need for qualified inspectors
• A greater demand for education in coating
  management
• A more systematic approach to inspection
  (objectivity)
• New technology solutions for equivalent systems
• Increased automation and control of processes
• Better data recording retrieval
• Management tools

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Coatings Technical File

• For the life of the ship the Coatings Technical
  File (CTF) requirement should be the most
  beneficial part of PSPC.
• It should provide the information, but more
  importantly, the metrics for managing
  preservation in ship construction, ship
  inspection and ship ownership. That is, it should
  reduce life cycle costs.

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QA The Problem

• The IMO PSPC clearly indicates what is to be
  included in the CTF - but does not state the
  amount of information needed
• Do all the individual readings need to be
  recorded or the summary?
• Are photographs of the surface condition
  required or not necessary?
• Paper process
• Lots of information - Not in a manageable
  form/format
• Preservation QA data time lag
• Reliance on trust vs. verifiable data
• Delayed adjudication of deficiencies
• Data not used to manage process
• QA data cannot be trended or analyzed
• Rework

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Data needs

• IMO PSPC Ballast Tank regulations require the
• measurement and recording of the inspection
  process at each build stage
• production of a Coating Technical File upon
  completion
• How big 6,300,1000 pages....?
• It seems we do not know?
• NACE is preparing a set of Best Practices that
  will be submitted to IMO for review

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The Parties Involved

• In new-build contracts today the parties involved
  include
• Ship-owner
• Shipyard
• Painting Contractor
• Coating Manufacturer
• Class Societies
• What does each party expect from the
  CTF?

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Ship Builder Goals Coating Technical File

• Insure that ship meets PSPC and Owners
  requirements
• Detailed records on how the ship was
  constructed
• Evaluate quality of their various preservation
  teams
• Eliminate rework
• Evaluate quality of the inspection process
• Real time correction of preservation errors

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Ship Owners Goals Coating Technical File

• Achieve a 15 year useful coating life
• Insure they know how the ship was constructed
• Evaluate quality of Shipyard Preservation
  efforts
• Basis for evaluating quality of coating
  application
• Data in an electronic format
• Paperless data file
• Have meaningful preservation management tool
• Minimize life time preservation costs
• Can be as high as 25 of docking maintenance
  costs

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QA Data Today

• Examples (Recent findings)
• Calculation errors
• Out-of-spec reading acceptance
• Overwrites of data
• Unreadable data
• Signatures by unqualified inspectors
• Transcription errors
• QA Data received 53 days after project completion
• With gt 72 errors

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Coating Technical FilePaperless Components

• Real-time preservation QA data collection,
  recording, storage and analysis tool
• Need standardized as vehicle for automating
  preservation QA data collection
• Micro-computer/hand held data collection
• Direct input from DFT and environmental meters
• Form Templates
• Exports to web-administered database
• Electronic data transmission
• Does not change QA requirements described in PSPC

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Paperless CTF
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Paperless CTF

• Automated data capture
• QA inspection reports filled out online
• Immediate system feedback for Inspector at
  jobsite
• Secure electronic storage transmission of data
• Reports automatically generated
• Engineering adjudication electronically triggered
  and documented

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Paperless CTF

• From the ship specification
• Ship Structure (by unit/block and then by tank)
• Coatings Library
• Coating System Library
• From the inspection processes
• Inspectors Register
• Inspection Records
• Data Collection
• All supported by a structured data
  collection regime, and a change log
• Automatic production of daily log

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Sample CTF Screen Shot
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Sample CTF Screen Shot
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Inspection Process Overview

• QA readings upload directly to database
• Immediate system feedback for Inspector at
• jobsite
• Data stored for analysis/history
• Reports automatically generated
• Engineering adjudication electronically triggered
  
• and documented

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QA Data Tomorrow

• Automated data capture
• Measuring Instruments
• Direct read instruments and handheld transmitting
  to Computer
• Automated calculations
• Annotated out-of-spec conditions
• Electronic Storage/Transmittal of Data
• Electronic shop records
• Automated/timely report generation
• Management/Engineering reports
• Metrics

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Summary

• Without a solid Coatings Technical File it is
  unlikely that a 15 year coatings life can be
  achieved
• Consistent detailed best practices or
  requirements for what should be included in the
  CTF are the cornerstone
• NACE is preparing and will discuss with various
  organizations before submittal for IMO
  consideration
• Direct electronic data recording is needed
• Data needs to provide metrics to evaluate
  performance
• Quality Control by shipyards
• Inspection by Class Societies
• Minimizing lifetime preservation costs for
  Shipowner

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