ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF ORGANOTIN PAINT WASTES GENERATED BY DRYDOCK OPERATIONS

Current drydock practices involving conventional antifouling coatings are not considered adequate for organotin coatings. Tributyltin compounds are 40 to 50 times more toxic than cuprous oxide and they persist in the environment without decomposing or degrading to a non-toxic form. It therefore appears necessary to apply procedures and equipment that will reduce the generation of organotin wastes and minimize or eliminate their discharge. Such measures can range in complexity from relatively minor operational modifications utilising existing worker skill levels to more significant changes requiring retraining of personnel to use different equipment and to procedures that can be implemented only through robotics. This paper describes the current and anticipated status of organotin discharge regulations, drydock practices and concepts under investigation for eliminating organotin paint waste discharges.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Marine and Offshore Coatings Conference, held Baltimore, Maryland, 11-13 May 1983, p. 31 (14 pp., 1 tab., 4 diag.)
• Authors:
  • Schatzberg P
  • M, ADEMA C
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00688615
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM