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COATINGS PRODUCTS

UASC Picks Jotun

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) reached an agreement with Jotun for the provision of antifouling coatings for 11 new container vessels. Of the 11 ships to be coated with Jotun’s premium antifouling range, eight are 14,500 TEU and three are 18,800 TEU capacity vessels. Eight of them will be treated with Jotun’s Hull Performance Solution (HPS) system, which combines SeaQuantum X200 paint with advanced measurement technology. This solution will help UASC’s vessels achieve up to a 15% hydrodynamic performance gain as well as fuel cost savings, Jotun said. The ships are being built at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea.

Photo: Jotun

AkzoNobel’s International Paint’s Intersleek

SIGMAGLIDE 1290

Cut the Slime

A Sustainable, Slime-Busting

SIGMAGLIDE 1290 is a 100% silicone binder fouling release sys- Shipping Solution tem that utilizes a dynamic surface regeneration technology. Accord- ing to the manufacturer, this results

Produced by AkzoNobel’s International Paint business, than 10 knots - including scheduled ships, tankers, bulk- in an increased silicone density at

Intersleek 425 was the ? rst biocide-free marine fouling ers, general cargo ships and feeder containers. According the surface to such a degree that control technology on the market when it was launched in to the manufacturer, these “slime busting” properties save slime organisms do not recognize it 1996. With more than 1,000 vessels coated to date, it set customers time and money at sea; up to $3 million over a as a surface substrate and have no a new industry benchmark for marine and environmental ? ve-year period in operating costs, 6,500 tons of fuel and chance to settle on it. This signi? - performance and paved the way for Intersleek 700 three 21,000 tons of carbon emissions for a VLCC vessel. cantly extends the effectiveness of years later. To date more than 350 vessels have been coated with the coating. The product is suitable

AkzoNobel’s latest innovation, Intersleek 900, a patent- Intersleek 900, including Cunard’s Queen Mary 2. Its suc- for all vessel types and also when ed ? uoropolymer foul release coating, is designed to deliv- cess stems from matching the best talent with cutting edge long stationary periods are to be er an exceptionally smooth, slippery, low friction surface science to meet customers’ needs for improved operation- considered such as FPSOs. It also that prevent organisms attaching to vessels sailing faster al ef? ciency and stronger environmental performance. brings bene? ts for cruise and ferry operators as well as owners of tank- ers, bulkers, gas carriers, dredgers and containerships.

“SIGMAGLIDE 1290 ensures that our customers can bene? t from ad- vanced slime protection and extend- ed fuel savings that go way beyond anything that was previously pos- sible,” said Sijmen Visser, PPG’s

Global Marketing Manager Marine.

As fouling doesn’t adhere, even at lower speed, SIGMAGLIDE 1290 is also bene? cial for the offshore in- dustry where assets are static or for vessels that are slow steaming but still require a high level of fouling protection.

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