Preserve fuel

Fuel cost is still one of, if not the biggest expense in ship operations, representing up to 50-60% of a ship’s operational costs. Achieving greater vessel efficiency and preserving fuel goes hand in hand with the industry’s need to decarbonise.

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has set targets for the industry to cut emissions by at least 50% by 2050 compared to 2008 levels. This has sparked research into a whole range of technologies including alternate fuels, vessel designs, energy saving devices, operational changes and alternatives to replace or complement conventional marine engines.

Alternative fuels are key for the industry to lower GHG emissions. According to ABL Group, currently 98.8% of ships in operation across the world’s fleet are running on conventional fuel supplies, but 20% of ships on order will use alternatives such as hydrogen, methanol, battery/hybrid and LNG.

The need to optimise ship efficiency and save fuel is key and will be even more important with new and more expensive fuel – high performing hull performance solutions plays an important role in this.

According to a report from Glofouling in October 2022, biofouling’s impact on fuel consumption is massively underestimated. Hull prevention and maintenance solutions could reduce fuel spend by as much as 17.7%, reduce CO₂ emissions by 19% and result in a more positive CII rating. Ships could save as much as $6.5 million on fuel costs over a five-year period per ship by adopting proactive hull and propeller cleaning. Simply put, preventing biofouling from taking hold of a ship’s hull means that the shipping industry will spend less fuel.

Committed to fuel preservation

A clean hull results in no drag, no need to power up to compensate for speed loss, ensuring clean operations and preserving fuel. At Jotun, we recognize that our products and services play an important role in supporting owners and operators achieve greater vessel efficiency and preserve fuel.

 

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Our products and solutions

Antifouling products

For close to 100 years, Jotun has provided products to keep ship hulls clean from biofouling. Our ambition is to provide our customers with the best possible products to assure efficient and reliable operations.

swimmer in ocean

Su Altı Performans Çözümleri

Gemi Su Altı Performans Çözümleri (HPS), operatörlerin gemi su altı alanı performansını en üst düzeye çıkarmasını ve bu sayede yakıt maliyetlerini ve sera gazı emisyonlarını azaltmasını kolaylaştırır.

3D-rendered graphic of Jotun's HullSkater robot

Hull Skating Çözümleri

Jotun'un Hull Skating Çözümleri, en zorlu faaliyetlerde bile gemi gövdesini her zaman temiz tutmak için proaktif temizlemeden faydalanır.

HullKeeper - vessel

HullKeeper

HullKeeper, optimize edilmiş gemi gövdesi performansı için çeşitli hizmetlere sağlayarak daha hızlı, daha iyi kararlar almanıza olanak tanır.