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Greetings,
Re: Post #58. My question should have been directed to Mr. fst, NOT Mr. OC. I got my divers mixed up.
In any case, I now have my answer courtesy of an off site expert and I quote... " The IMO (international maritime organization) has banned the use of TBT paints for about 15 years or so. Testing for it is very simple, the port state control inspector (USCG and or CBP in our case) simply rubs a hand held device called an X-ray fluorescence detector(XRD)...on the side of the hull and it instantly displays the metal content of the paint."
It would seem that contamination from a "US warship upstream" would hold little credibility in court...Hmmmm....
Re: Post #58. My question should have been directed to Mr. fst, NOT Mr. OC. I got my divers mixed up.
In any case, I now have my answer courtesy of an off site expert and I quote... " The IMO (international maritime organization) has banned the use of TBT paints for about 15 years or so. Testing for it is very simple, the port state control inspector (USCG and or CBP in our case) simply rubs a hand held device called an X-ray fluorescence detector(XRD)...on the side of the hull and it instantly displays the metal content of the paint."
It would seem that contamination from a "US warship upstream" would hold little credibility in court...Hmmmm....