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Paints and coatings Hempel launches
one-coat solution Hempasil Nexus X-Seal is a new one-coat solution, designed to allow shipowners and operators to upgrade more economically from traditional antifouling to latest generation fouling release coatings, which was launched worldwide by the Danish company, Hempel, in June this year. Companies can now switch to the Hempasil X3 coating using only one tie-coat, and without fully blasting the ship’s hull. Nexus X-Seal is an epoxy polysiloxane coating
which makes it possible to apply fouling release on top of an existing antifouling. Moreover it requires only one coat to link the old antifouling system to the Hempasil X3 topcoat, compared with two coats with existing industry-standard upgrade solutions. Hempel estimates that the one-coat Nexus X-Seal
solution will save shipping companies up to 5% in drydocking expenses. According to Marie Bakholdt Andersen, group product manager at Hempel: “By reducing the amount of coatings required to link the old antifouling to Hempasil X3, we have created a very attractive product for shipping companies. It means they can switch to Hempasil X3 – and reap its recognised fuel-saving benefits – with a much cheaper procedure than previously possible.” According to Hempel the savings for shipping
companies could reach US$400,000 in surface preparation, application expenses, dock rent and vessel inactivity compared to the alternative solution, which requires fully blasting the hull and applying the X3 system from scratch.
Contact Hempel A/S, Lundtoftevej 150, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. Tel +45 4593 3800
www.hempel.com
Engines Cat selected for
repower project Te cruise ship Mount Washington II, which operates on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, has been retrofitted with a pair of Cat C32 ACERT marine engines. Its older diesel engines were replaced in order to comply with EPA Tier II emissions regulations. Originally fitted with steam engines before World
War II, the Mount Washington II had its engines taken by the government for war service in 1941
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The engine room of the Mount Washington II cruise ship with the refitted Cat engine.
In June 2009, Mount Washington Cruises was
awarded grant money through the Northeast State for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), a non-profit organisation that pursues new opportunities to demonstrate cleaner technologies in a variety of marine vessel operations. Work was then begun with naval architects to work up plans to remove the old Enterprise engines and determine which engine manufacturer would provide the new engines for the excursion ship. Eventually the owner decided to opt for the Cat C32 ACERT engine, a vee-type, 12-cylinder, 4-stroke unit, as the best option to cut both emissions and fuel consumption.
Contact Caterpillar, 100 North East Adams Street, Peoria, Illinois USA 61629. Tel +1 (309) 675-1000
www.cat.com
Ancillary equipment Clearshield cruise
conversion TUI Cruises’ extensive remodelling of the Mein Schiff - formerly the Galaxy - during a refit at Lloyd Werft earlier this year included the application of Ritec’s ClearShield glass surface protection system.
Shiprepair and Conversion Technology 3rd Quarter 2010
and replaced with Enterprise DMG18 diesel engines in 1946. At that time, all steam equipment was removed and changed to electrical power, including the steering plant, with the installation of 8-cylinder 615hp engines.
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