Recently, China State Shipbuilding Corporation Guangxi Shipbuilding ship repair department successfully completed the painting project of over 13,000 m2 of silicone coating on the below-waterline part of the shell of MV CEMTEX DILIGENCE, marking the company’s silicone painting coating process technology to achieve a “zero breakthrough”.
“MV CEMTEX DILIGENCE” is 229m long x 32.26m wide x 20m high with a gross tonnage of 82,200MT. The main project is the painting of the whole ship’s shell, especially the silicone coating construction below the waterline.
Silicone Coatings is an anti-fouling material that utilizes a combination of silicone hydrogel and the biocide’s new ActiGuard technology. It separates the solid adhesive binder from the fouling organisms by means of an active hydrogel micro-surface layer, to form a highly effective antifouling barrier.
Compared with conventional anti-fouling paints, its anti-fouling effect is longer lasting and it can save 8% fuel for ship owners within 60 months. The construction process of silicone coatings is extremely demanding, difficult and complex, and is currently the world’s most advanced anti-fouling technology for ship shells.
The successful completion of the project was highly praised by the shipowner U-MING MARINE and the coating technical experts, which laid a solid cooperation foundation for the two sides to carry out the subsequent repair projects for four series of ships.