Dry-Docking Hull Surface Maintenance and Repair Standard Practice

This standard is intended for vessels with steel hulls with displacement greater than 500 gross tons. It covers the steps required for achieving a smooth and clean hydrodynamically performing hull for its next in-service period.

The importance of fuel savings, reduction of emissions and the threat of invasive species are all reasons for developing a standard practice for the successful refurbishment of a vessel’s hull in dry-dock. Class Societies allow for 60-month dry- docking cycles, thus putting great importance on hull repair procedures that will optimize hull – and, consequently, vessel – performance.