APC cargo tank coating for Scot Tanker

The chemical ships were purchased by Scot Tanker to meet growing demand from its customers.

Each ship is approximately 8,000dwt, with 14 cargo tanks and two slop tanks each.

Cenk Balikci, purchasing manager of Scot Tankers, said: “The versatility and the ability to carry a wide chemical range is one of the key reasons we chose MarineLine as there are no restrictions on the coating.”

“We’ve found that MarineLine also cleans easily and quickly, and has a long, low-maintenance service life compared to other coatings we’ve studied,” he added.

The tankers were previously coated with phenolic epoxy cargo tank coating, but Scot Tanker has decided to remove this and re-coat the cargo tanks with Advanced Polymer Coatings’ MarineLine cargo tank coating system.

Re-coating will begin at a shipyard in China early this year, with four other re-coatings taking place in Turkey during 2016.

“These ships operated for six to seven years, without any problems. Only small mechanical damage repair work was done on the MarineLine coating when needed, during a dry dock period,” added Mr Balikci.

He concluded: “We will promote the benefits of the MarineLine coating system to our worldwide customers for the safe carriage of their chemicals.”

The eight vessel contract for MarineLine tank re-coating was recently signed at the Scot Tanker office in Istanbul.