Green Ship

Technology –
Asia Pacific

Clean Ship – Clearer Air

Dr. Wang Jian

Technical Director
Jotun COSCO Marine Coatings Co. Ltd.

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Facts and figures:
• A fouled hull costs up to 40% more in fuel than a clean hull
If the hulls of the entire world fleet were fouled…
- an extra 70.6 million tonnes of fuel would be burnt, and
- 210 million tonnes of CO2 and 5.6 million tonnes of SO2 would be released …
… increasing greenhouse effect and acid rain
• Docking costs for a large vessel: more than $30,000 per day
• Extending the average dry-docking interval of the world’s fleet from 21 to 27
months, represents a saving of approximately $800 million per year

Source:- CEPE Report

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 Analysis of Fuel Consumption on Two Sister Vessels
CASE STUDY:
One of our prestigious customers
operates two sister vessels going in
870
parallel trade, one was coated with an
advanced TBT-free hydrolysing silyl 860
antifouling system (System A), the 850
other with a standard TBT-free system 840
(System B). 830

The two vessels are 41,000DWT COT’s 820

System A
that require approx. 35-40 tonnes/day 810 System B
(approx. 6000 US$/day) in bunkers. 800

Over a 6 months period the measured 790 7%

reduction
difference in fuel consumption was 780
60 000 US$. (NB: initial investment 770
difference between System A & B was Fuel Consumption 6
approx. 20 000 US$ for 36 months system) months (1000 US$)

Source:- Shipowner internal files

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Challenges:

• Shipowners:
- Keep onboard documents of compliance with IMO’s Antifouling System
Convention. (Expect it to enter into force within two years from now.)
- Accept that different suppliers’ AF technologies have become more
diverse.
- Be willing to accept higher initial costs for quality product in order to avoid
failures, and save money during operation.

• Paintmakers:
- Offer acceptable prices also for the best performing products.
- Develop even better and more cost efficient products and product tailor-
made to customers’ needs

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 Quality, Environmentally Safe,
and Yet Affordable Products

Performance Environment
(functioning&long lasting) (VOC/Hazardous etc)

Product
Development/
Innovation

Cost
(Affordable quality product)

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Innovation to meet global IMO AFS Convention:

• Alternative TBT free AF product: advanced hydrolysing AF product.

• Alternative technology: Fouling Release Coating (FRC).
NB: This technology is presently limited to certain vessels operating at relatively
“high speed”.

• What is next? – Innovation?

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