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November 15, 2024
Jotun has spent close to a century exploring and disrupting hull performance and is more committed than ever to help the shipping industry reduce its carbon footprint and move towards a cleaner future. Thanks to Jotun’s position as the leader within hull performance and its knowledge based on years with research and innovations, the company has been invited to this year’s COP29 and the panel discussion “Navigating the Future: Bridging Shipping, Biodiversity, and Decarbonization”.
As COP 29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference is well underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, Jotun announces their attendance at this year’s conference. In the panel discussion “Navigating the Future: Bridging Shipping, Biodiversity, and Decarbonization” on November 18th, Dr Christer Øpstad, Global R&D Director Fouling Protection at Jotun, will contribute with insight and valuable perspectives within how marine coatings and hull performance protects biodiversity and is a key to make the shipping industry more sustainable.
“With a strong and continuous focus on R&D, we have enormous amount of knowledge and expertise on how the climate is affecting the biodiversity of our oceans. We believe a clean hull is vital for the shipping industry to be able to cut carbon emissions and protecting the biodiversity. At COP29, we're looking forward to sharing these insights and discuss how to guide the sector towards more sustainable practices – especially looking into biodiversity and the role this issue is playing in the bigger picture,” said Christer Øpstad.
The panel discussion is initiated by Sustainable Shipping Initiative and will be held at the Ocean Pavilion in the Blue Zone at COP29. This year’s conference is hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan between November 11-22.
“Putting this issue on the agenda at important forums like COP29, is of high importance. We hope to be able to both educate and create awareness on this extremely important topic, and we need regulators and policy makers to set the scene for a cleaner shipping industry.”
Better data, technology and collaboration are steadily improving ship performance and biofouling management, but greater transparency between stakeholders are needed to drive sustainable outcomes across the industry, argued experts at HullPIC. The annual conference attracted a significant number of leading stakeholders from the shipping industry.
Jotun, the global leading manufacturer of marine coatings, reports an estimated 11.8 million tonnes of avoided CO₂ emissions for vessels coated with its products in 2025 – an increase from 11.1 million tonnes from the year before. The result is verified based on an independent technical evaluation conducted by DNV.
Jotun is proud to announce that its well-known and recognised antifouling, SeaQuantum X200, has received official verification from DNV confirming an average speed loss of just 1.0% over a dock-to-dock period. This represents the lowest verified speed loss in the industry, setting a new benchmark for hull performance.
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