Chemical company Akzo Nobel presents software that maps exactly how much fuel a smooth coating saves on a particular type of ship.
Shells and algae that attach themselves to the hulls of cargo ships and ferries slow the boats down. That offset by the engine harder to run. Coatings prevent corrosion and help to keep the hull smooth.
“Marine Coatings play a major role in the profitability of a ship,” says Michael Hind Marsch, Marine Business Developer at Akzo Nobel’s subsidiary International Paint. “A clear picture of the return on investment is essential to choose the right coating.”
Hind Marsch is project leader of the Intertrac Vision software, which Akzo Nobel is helping customers properly coated with a type of vessel and choose. Analysis of completed ships of 30 companies has a big data tool ‘that brings the benefits and costs of a coating on the screen, before it is applied.
Akzo Nobel has made the software in collaboration with the Dutch maritime research institute Marin and two British universities.
The non-toxic coating Intersleek produced by Akzo Nobel, prevents marine life clinging to the hull and helps companies thus saving fuel.
A Spanish ferry company was able to save 12 percent of fuel due to treatment with Intersleek. Thus, the company was eligible for CO2 rights.
AkzoNobel to develop the coating received the ICIS Innovation Award 2015. Akzo won the award for best product innovation and is also named the overall winner of awards.
ICIS claims to be the world’s largest market analyst for the (petro) chemical industry.
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