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Techcross: Record Start to 2022

Despite the prolonged COVID-19,

Techcross reports that it has kicked off the new year with a new record in amount of order, FAT and shipments in

January 2022. As of the third week of

January, Techcross sold Ballast Water

Photo courtesy Nippon Paint/COSCO

Management Systems (BWMS) for 81

Alfa Laval FCM LPG, a low-? ashpoint ships, representing already its largest fuel supply system (LFSS).

January amount of order, $23m, expected

Fastar

COSCO Shipping intends to to exceed $26m, which was the largest largest ? gure in the company history, coat its entire ? eet of VLCCs monthly order in 2021.

but there is still one week to go until the with Nippon Paint Marine’s

In addition, Techcross ? nished Factory month end and more sales revenue is new antifouling system FASTAR

Acceptance Test (FATs ) for 93 ships also expected. A department in charge is cur- once initial applications have set a new monthly record for the com- rently coordinating a shipment schedule been evaluated. The hulls of pany, and 83 ships already have reserved before the Lunar New Year Holidays.

the passenger ferry COSCO

FATs in February with more expected, “Techcross has the largest produc-

Star and the 56,000dwt bulk potentially pushing over the100 mark.

tion factory in the world and is capable carrier Xin Liu Lin Hai will each

Finally, in terms of the delivery of of producing more than 3,300 sets of be coated with the antifoul- post-inspected products, Techcross also

BWMS,” said a company representa- ing at drydockings scheduled set new company records. As of the third tive, noting that the company to date has later this year. The shipowner week of January, shipping products for installed more than 4,200 systems.

selected the nano resin con-

For the full story: bit.ly/3HuLppM 72 ships were con? rmed. This is the taining paint – introduced to the market early last year – to help vessels meet the Energy

SHI: Onboard Carbon Capture

Ef? ciency Existing Ship Index

SHI developed with PANASIA an ‘On- plan is to commercialize the tech by 2024. (EEXI) requirements. board Carbon Capture’ system which Last year, SHI also signed an agreement

FASTAR is a self-polishing an- it says can be applicable to LNG fueled with BASF’s OASE Gas Treatment team tifouling paint that incorporates vessels. It received AIP from KR. The to expand its technological cooperation a unique nano-domain resin tech separates and collects carbon diox- based on BASF’s OASE blue CO2 cap- structure designed to minimise ide among exhaust gas of LNG which is ture process technology, which allows the the effect that seawater tem- burned in a ship engine or generator, us- possibility to capture CO2 from ? ue gas peratures, vessel speeds and ing an Amine based liquid absorbent. The onboard vessels. other external factors have on coating performance.

According to Nippon Paint

Marine, despite some market retraction last year, orders for the new coating increased steadily with the 135,000 litres of the coating having been ap- plied to hulls totalling 4.2Mdwt.

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