Use of Asbestos Unwelcome in Ships, IMO Regulations

There can be very few people unaware of the long term health risks associated with the use of asbestos.
Hence the widespread banning of using the material in a plethora of places and processes where it would previously been the first option.
It was the perceived risk which led to the mandatory regulations banning asbestos installation in any part of a merchant vessel constructed after 2011.
By order of the IMO’s SOLAS regulation II-1/3-5, which only permits its use in certain specified areas...