Jotun hull solution for Euronav suezmaxes

The ships will receive coatings of Jotun’s advanced SeaQuantum X200 antifouling protection, as well as full suites of sensors applied to their hulls to monitor performance, during the vessels’ upcoming drydockings at Keppel shipyard in Singapore

Theodore Mavraidis, fleet technical manager, Euronav, said: “Optimising hull performance delivers clear environmental and business benefits, cutting emissions while enabling reduced fuel use and bunkering costs. Jotun’s HPS has been assessed as a very promising choice not only because of its coating technology, but also due to the team’s expertise in determining hull performance and providing documented proof of effectiveness. This gives us complete insight into return on investment.”

George Vranakis, marine manager, Jotun Hellas, added: “We work closely with our customers to monitor performance in accordance with the recently established ISO 19030 methodology. Our technology gives them an in-depth and real-time insight into hull performance, demonstrating the efficacy of our silyl methacrylate coating when it comes to keeping hulls clean and reducing speed loss.

“We also offer customers our high performance guarantee, whereby if we don’t hit set performance targets we reimburse the cost of the HPS upgrade.”

As reported, Jotun recently released data for the first ever five year dry-docking of a vessel using HPS. Gearbulk’s Penguin Arrow recorded a fuel saving of US$1.5million over the 60-month period, cutting CO2 emissions by 12,055 tonnes.