Subsea Industries has optimised its Ecospeed range of hard coat marine coatings which aim to reduce hull friction by up to 40%.
This hopes to result in major savings in fuel consumption, as the company aims to solve cardinal problems companies are faced with when trying to square optimum hull performance with effective, environmentally-safe ship hull protection.
Manuel Hof, production executive and NACE coatings inspector at Subsea Industries, said: “We have cracked a number of really important problems with one simple, highly cost-effective approach to hull antifouling.”
He added: “Not only have we optimised hull surface roughness, thus drag, resulting in fuel savings in the 20-40% range, we have solved the corrosion and cavitation erosion problems that often beset other marine coating systems.”
“We have also halted completely the ship-to-sea emissions of volatile organic compounds and other harmful toxins common in conventional hull coatings, such as copper and dibutyltin dilaurate.”
Subsea Industries now has more than 500 ship references for its marine hard coating technology. By optimising surface roughness to its absolutely attainable optimum limits without future deterioration or degradation, Subsea Industries hopes to have sold the problem of hull surface friction.
