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The Guide specifies the requirements for the following optional ABS notations:

• The CPS notation indicates compliance with IMO Resolution MSC.215(82) Performance Standard for Protective Coatings for Dedicated Seawater Ballast Tanks in All Types of Ships and Double-Side Skin Spaces of Bulk Carriers (IMO PSPC-SWBT), required by SOLAS Chapter II-1/3-2, amended by IMO Resolution MSC.216(82).

• The CPS-COT notation indicates compliance with IMO Resolution MSC.288(87) Performance Standard for Protective Coatings for Cargo Oil Tanks of Crude Oil Tankers (IMO PSPC-COT), required by SOLAS Chapter II-1/3-11, amended by IMO Resolution MSC.291(87).

• The CorrResistant notation indicates compliance with IMO Resolution MSC.289(87) Performance Standard for Alternative Means of Corrosion Protection for Cargo Oil Tanks of Oil Tankers - Performance Standard for Corrosion Resistant Steel (IMO PSCRS-COT), required by SOLAS Chapter II-1/3-11, amended by IMO Resolution MSC.291(87).

For issuance of the ABS notations, ABS Type Approval(s) of the coating system(s) and/or corrosion resistant steel(s) is required.

The following is the applicability of the ABS notations:

i) The ABS CPS notation is mandatory at new construction for ABS-classed Common Structural Rules (CSR) vessels contracted for construction between the builder and the owner on or after 8 December 2006 and before 1 July 2008. The ABS CPS notation is optional for all other ABS-classed vessels.

ii) The ABS CPS-COT and CorrResistant notations are optional notations that indicate compliance with the SOLAS regulations and subject to owner's request.