Jotun Hull Performance - your trusted partner for optimized performance

Jotun established Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) in 2011 to make it easy for operators to maximise hull performance and thereby reduce both fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions. It consists of Jotun’s advanced antifouling products, combined with its transparent method for measuring the impact of antifouling on vessel energy efficiency.

The key components of Jotun HPS include: 

Antifouling coating systems 
Jotun HPS builds upon the excellent performance of the SeaQuantum brand. SeaQuantum X200 is the first of a new generation of antifouling paints and is the result of over 20 years research and development within silyl acrylate. It is the optimal fuel saver and offers unrivalled performance compared with other products in the market. 

Jotun HPS is also applicable for a variety of antifouling products, including SeaQuantum S-Line, SeaQuantum ProU and SeaMate, all optimised for different combinations of speed and trade and delivering a substantial improvement in hull performance. 

Technical service 
Paint by itself is a semi-finished product, and hull performance is greatly influenced also by the quality of pre-treatment and application.  

Every pre-treatment and application is supported by a HPS certified project manager and coating advisors. Our high performance application procedures have been optimised for delivering the smoothest possible hull surface and include a comprehensive regime for measuring and documenting the solutions contribution to reducing average hull roughness. 

Performance monitoring 
Jotun’s HPS analysis service fully complies with ISO 19030. It isolates the impact of a ship’s underwater surfaces on its energy efficiency by tracking relative changes in the relationship between the power delivered to the propeller and speed through water over time. 

Significant sources of random and systematic error are managed by collecting data with a very high frequency, by using a set of pre-defined data filters and normalisation procedures, as well as a quality assurance protocol that includes monitoring of the correlation between different sensors.  

The services clearly demonstrate hull and propeller performance over the full docking interval and enables the investment to be monitored throughout lifetime. 

Performance contract 
Jotun has developed a set-up for performance-based contracting where Jotun either documents that high hull performance has been delivered or returns the additional investment in the hull performance solution. 

Customers are in effect paying for delivered high performance – not for paint with the promise of high performance.  

Jotun’s high performance guarantees have been designed to offer customers unrivalled flexibility in terms of operation. 

Customers can choose between various packages to suit their needs. The benefits include:

*Substantial fuel cost and greenhouse gas emissions savings
*Competitive return on investment and payback period as compared with other eco-technology investments
*Low investment risk

A hull performance solution from Jotun can be expected to deliver a 15% hydrodynamic efficiency gain and a 8.5% fuel cost and greenhouse gas emission saving as compared to a market average alternative. The payback period is usually less than 1 year. 

The combination of innovative coating technology and a reliable measurement system, capturing high frequency performance data, delivers not just clean hulls and added efficiency, but also documented evidence of effectiveness.  

Many of the largest operators in the world have found Jotun HPS attractive, and are applying it to their vessels. Industry players like Gearbulk, Berge Bulk, UASC, Maersk and MSC. to name a few, are leading the way as environmentally responsible owners and operators. They are all focused on contributing to a more efficient and sustainable industry. 

Improving hull coatings is a fundamental part of this push and Jotun HPS is playing its part by providing innovative services that can be measured and benefit customers and their stakeholders. 

We are confident that our in-house team of experts and analysts can provide trusted, reliable hull performance monitoring solutions that cover your needs and assets, and result in tangible returns on investment.

Measuring hull and propeller performance can be complex and challenging for owners and operators. But things are changing due to the ISO 19030 standard. This helps operators to better measure performance and make better and quicker decisions that can help boost performance and save money. 

The ISO 19030 standard, published by the International Organization for Standardization in 2016, provides practical, transparent methods for measuring changes in ship-specific hull and propeller performance and came about in response to industry calls for a fair and unbiased method of assessing claims over efficiency gains. 

The standard helps quantify how solutions, such as advanced anti-fouling coatings, can contribute hugely to reducing losses caused by poor hull and propulsion performance. It prescribes measurement methodology and defining performance indicators for hull and propeller maintenance, repair and retrofitting activities.  

Initiated by Jotun, the standard took more than three years to develop and involved collaboration by over 50 experts from throughout the industry. The standard offers a two-tier methodological approach: ISO 19030-2, the default measurement method, with the most exacting requirements and greatest measurement accuracy; and ISO 19030-3, allowing for ‘alternative methods’ and included in order to increase the applicability of the standard. 

The standard is intended for all stakeholders that are striving to apply a rigorous, yet practical way of measuring the changes in hull and propeller performance. It will make it easier for decision makers to make better and quicker decisions. Also, it will also provide much needed transparency for buyers and sellers of technologies and services intended to improve hull and propeller performance. Further, it will make it easy for the same buyers and sellers to enter into performance-based contracts and thereby better align interests with third parties. 

In spite of the standard still being relatively new to the industry, it’s attracting a lot of interest as owners and operators work to improve their vessel and fleet performance. If used in the right way, the standard can help improve performance and save significant amounts of money in terms of fuel costs.  

The standard will be revised after three years to address improvement areas identified by industry stakeholders. 

Related links: 
Operators eyeing opportunities to improve vessel performance 

Growing interest in hull performance management 

New standard will benefit responsible suppliers, owners and the environment 

New ISO 19030 can contribute to reducing fleet energy costs and emissions 

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We are confident that our in-house team of experts and analysts can provide trusted, reliable hull performance monitoring solutions that cover your needs and assets, and result in tangible returns on investment.

Contact us to see how Jotun HPS can help cover your needs and assets, improve operational efficiency and environmental performance, while also saving costs.