A biocide-free approach to controlling hull fouling targets vessel efficiency, emissions and material waste without relying on conventional antifoulants.
This comes as vessel owners and operators face stricter regulatory requirements, while roughly six in ten say they will invest in anti-fouling coatings to reduce their vessels' carbon emissions.
It all begins and ends with a clean hull. Bio-fouling management is a key to a cleaner shipping industry, however, bio-fouling increases fuel use and slows ships. High-quality anti-fouling coatings, as well as proactive monitoring and cleaning, can address decarbonization, protect bio-diversity, and save fuel.
The coating reduces fuel consumption and significantly lowers greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, enabling a vessel to sustain higher speeds, while helping vessel owners and operators remain compliant with the carbon intensity indicator (CII) requirements of the International Maritime Organization.
Real-world performance data compiled from ships applied with AkzoNobel's International® brand Intersleek® 1100SR shows the coating has slashed ship fuel bills. The product is a biocide-free fouling control coating featuring patented slime-release technology that tackles micro-fouling on ships’ hulls.
Constructed over a period of more than three years, the 5,246-passenger Adora Magic City features the company’s Intersmooth® fouling-control technology.
The new line of coatings is designed to protect ship and vessel hulls in the harshest underwater marine environments, and is specially formulated for effective fouling prevention.
