Speciality Vessels

Various types of speciality vessels have been developed in the last decades to handle offshore construction and installation work more effectively, such as pipe-laying, heavy lifting, offshore accommodation and offshore wind turbine installation. Jotun’s expertise in offshore protective coating solutions is of the same great value to speciality vessels as to other fixed or mobile offshore installations.

Offshore speciality vessels have diversified operation patterns.  Yet they do share some common characteristics, such as high value in offshore construction, as well as the high requirement of the performance and reliability of the coating solutions. Jotun helps the offshore speciality vessels to achieve the maximum operation efficiency by providing coating solutions featuring long lifetime, low life cycle cost as well as low environmental impact.

Offshore speciality vessels operate statically for a long period or move at fairly low speed - an ideal environment for marine growth on the underwater areas. Fouling will reduce the lifetime of underwater protective coatings significantly and add friction during sailing.  It may also bring unexpected challenges with the risk of marine growth immigration when the vessels enter new waters.

Safety is always of top priority for all types of offshore installations operating in remote oceans. Speciality vessels like offshore accommodation platforms need to reduce the risk related to fire to the lowest level possible. To protect the speciality vessels with reliable passive fire protection (PFP) against hydrocarbon pool fire and jet fire is essential.  Besides performance and liability, the application efficiency is critical. When billions of capital expenditures are invested in offshore oil & gas production, Jotachar JF750- the new generation mesh free PFP - enables simplified and highly efficient application, saving valuable time and cost to both owner and fabricator.