HANSA 02-2019

Schiffstechnik | Ship Technology
Measuring the gap
In a time where savings are key to the shipowner, could it be that the hull could provide more
answers to the solution? Danish-based Jotun believes that more savings can be achieved
through hull monitoring, writes Samantha Fisk
The percentages that shipowners
could save and make their ships
more efficient through either equipment
or design to meet with regulations or
to cut costs has been criticised over the
years, but can all the numbers add up if
it is done right?
Stein Kjølberg, global sales director
for hull performance solutions believes
that shipowners are missing out on a
golden opportunity for further potential
savings across their fleet with hull
monitoring. He explains that: »When we
talk about hull conversions we thought
that this was a common theme in the
market, but it was not. So, the approach
to how to handle things and do analysis
for owners and show them different savings
through hull coatings was a wakeup
call.«
Kjølberg notes that only 15% of the
word fleet have equipment installed for
hull monitoring and then only half of
them are using it in an efficient way. The
challenge that lies ahead for the industry
and for Jotun, it appears, is to educate
the market about what could be achieved
from performing hull monitoring and
learning how to access the raw data and
use it effectively.
The main drivers pushing for this are
the International Maritime Organization’s
sulphur regulation that is looking
closer than ever coming into effect
and will potentially have sever repercussions
for shipowners that aren’t compliant
when it becomes effective.
»IMO 2020 will of course happen.
Those who do not move to scrubbers will
have to pay more for compliant fuel and
have a bigger interest in finding ways to
reduce the fuel bill. Those investing in
scrubbers will still see an increase in fuel
consumption as the auxiliary engine will
have to help out«, explains Kjølberg.
58 HANSA International Maritime Journal – 156. Jahrgang – 2019 – Nr. 2