ANTI - FOULLING
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The largest cause for decreased fuel efficiency in the maritime industry is growth of organisms on ship hulls, otherwise known as bioaccumulation. Due to the ban of Tributyltin (TBT) and the 2020 Sulfur Cap fuel efficiency has never been of such importance. Therefore, even small improvements in fuel efficiency for a ship weighing up to 550,000 tons can drastically lessen annual fuel costs and hugely increase the vessel’s average speed.
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Past products took the approach of essentially poisoning the barnacle larvae with harmful chemicals coming in contact with a ship’s hull. Taking a divergent approach to antifoulant functionality is the next stepping stone the maritime industry is heading towards.
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(Product name) is the new divergent antifoulant of the maritime industry. Through the use of our organic hydrophobic coating the chance of bioaccumulation is sharply reduced for (product name)’s five year subsurface lifespan. As a result, average fuel efficiency increases and normal speed for the given vessel is maintained for far longer than past antifoulants.
IMPROVED FUEL ECONOMY
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“This new rule will be the biggest change in ship propulsion since the maritime industry moved from coal to heavy oil in the 20th century”
-Institute for Energy Research
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Fuel costs represent as much as 50-60% of total ship operating costs. It is easy to imagine these figures knowing cargo ships, bulk carriers, and tankers consume between 100 and 250 tons of fuel in a single day. After the IMO 2020 Sulfur Cap only diesel with ultra low sulfur content will be permitted for maritime use although it is the world’s most carbon-efficient form of shipping.
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Some easily understandable figures: About 300 sizeable vessels are in the cruise ship industry all burning about 200 tons of fuel in a single day of operation. Throughout a 24 hour span of traveling at the ship’s average speed of 20 knots, fuel costs add up to about $240,000. Suppose these ships operate for 300 days of the year and the other 65 are used for maintenance and restocking. With only a 1% increase in fuel efficiency applied to the entire cruise ship industry would save $720,000 every day of operation, or $215,000,000 annually.
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These astronomical numbers are at the current price of ultra low sulfur diesel (July, 2019). In 2020, when the IMO Sulfur Cap will be enacted, fuel costs are projected to increase by up to 20%.
ECO - FRIENDLY
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Antifoulants used in the past functioned as a chemical poison to already adhered bioaccumulation and this is why Tributyltin (TBT) was banned. (Product Name) ‘s functionality takes a different approach by mitigating the adhesion process as a whole.
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Barnacle larvae are tiny granular-like organisms that float in open water aimlessly until an object happens to come in contact with it, thus starting the growth process. With the slick, hydrophobic surface (product name) provides, barnacle larvae and algae cannot touch the surface of application; therefore, mitigating bioaccumulation as a whole without releasing harful chemicals
