Anti-fouling Convention 2005 Edition
.Part of thebook series (HEC, volume 5O) AbstractAn international conference held by the International Maritime Organization in October 2001adopted an “International convention on the control of harmful anti-fouling systems on ships.”This treaty includes bans on the use of harmful organotin compounds, which act as biocides in paintproducts. The Japanese government ratified the treaty in July 2003. Recover keys. The Japan Paint Manufacturers'Association (JPMA) has commenced a program of self-control of antifouling systems in Japan andhas issued on their website a list of registered paint products with and without certain biocides.The purpose of this review is to assess the status of the antifouling systems that are being usedin Japan, based on the JPMA list. A total of 380 paint products from ten paint companies wereregistered by June 2005.
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Sixteen biocides are registered in 359 products, and the remaining 21 productscontain no biocides. Single biocides are used in 60 products, as two-mixtures in 200 products, asthree-mixtures in 80 products, and as four-mixtures in 19 products. Five biocides, such as cuprousoxide, triphenylborane-pyridine, Sea-Nine 211, copper thiocyanate, and chlorothalonil, are used asa single product.
Combinations such as cuprous oxide and copper pyrithione, zinc pyrithioneand triphenylborane-pyridine, cuprous oxide and Diuron, and cuprous oxide and zinc pyrithione aremainly used in two-biocide mixtures to produce synergistic antifouling effects.
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Resolution 2 - Future work of the Organization pertaining to the Convention – The resolution invites IMO to develop guidelines for brief sampling of anti-fouling systems; guidelines for inspection of ships; and guidelines for surveys of ships.