Painting Manual – Maersk Contractors

The objective of this manual is to provide specific information to staff involved with planning, supervision, and application of the coating and paint on the offshore units.
This manual is applicable to the scope of maintenance of coating and paint of the offshore units operating under Maersk Contractors Management.

Coating and painting programs for new buildings and major modification projects (i.e. new installations, docking, etc) are covered by dedicated programs under the applicable Project
Management Plan.

• ABS Guidance Notes on the Application and Maintenance of Marine Coating Systems
• CEPE standard; European Scale of Degree of Rusting for Anticorrosive Paints
• ISO 8501-1:1988 incl. supple 1/1994 Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products
• NACE 5/SSPC-SP12 (RP0595) – Surface Preparation and Cleaning of Steel and other Hard Materials by High and Ultrahigh-Pressure Water Jetting Prior to Recoating
• HEMPEL’S “Photo Reference Water Jetting”
• IMDG Code incl. Supplements