Jotun launches marine paint duo

SeaQuantum Pro Ace and SeaForce Active Ace are the first products launched by Jotun that contain Selektope.

Philip Chaabane, chief executive of I-Tech, said, “Jotun’s choice to use Selektope is yet more evidence of our product’s prominent features and efficiency.

“I’m pleased to recognize that Jotun has introduced Selektope in two different product families bringing extreme performance for repelling barnacles from the hull and creating new opportunities for a range of different vessels at the new build phase and subsequent operations.”

Jotun becomes the third official customer to integrate Selektope as a key ingredient into antifouling paints available to globally trading vessels. Previous communication from I-Tech states that there is a further major, non-disclosed manufacturer of marine paints working through the final development steps prior to product commercialisation.

Selektope is an organic, metal-free antifouling active agent added to marine coatings to prevent barnacles from settling on the coated surface by temporarily activating their swimming behaviour with non-fatal effect. This antifouling active agent is said to deliver superior efficiency in extremely low concentrations.