Wednesday 8th September

Impact Of Ship Design on Coating Performance - Dr E Kattan, Safinah Ltd UK. 

Abstract:

The design of a ship is normally optimised for strength and operation parameters and of course is subject to Class Society rules, to assure its safety.  However, the ultimate strength of the vessel and hence safety during its life, can be affected by the corrosion that key structural areas are subjected to.

The design development over the last 20-30 years has increasingly taken into account the production friendliness of the structure to enable increased automation of the production process.  Coatings are now understood to play an important part in corrosion prevention, and the recent IMO Performance standard has put this on a formal footing. 

Speaker Bio:

Dr Kattan has a background in academia, seafaring, shipping, shipbuilding and naval architecture and specialist knowledge of coatings.  He has worked with many leading shipbuilders on coating issues from design to process and productivity improvement of coating processes.

Working with ship owners he has developed a performance specification approach to enable the correct technical assessment of alternative paint scheme proposals.  He has worked with all the world's leading coatings companies and headed the product development teams of a multinational company.

Working with major raw material suppliers and equipment manufacturers he has enabled them to establish the added value of their products.   He heads the work that Safinah undertakes for investment houses and venture capital firms seeking to make investments core Safinah markets.

Dr Kattan is a Member of NACE and is also, Chairman of IMOAC –the  IMO Advisory Council for NACE, a member of STG 44- Marine Corrosion – Ship and Structure and a member of TEG181X – Marine Vessel Corrosion.

IMO PSPC Implementation. Does IACS make life more difficult for the Marine Industry - H Vold, DNV, Norway

Abstract:

As of July 2008, almost all new vessels need to comply with the IMO Performance Standard for Protective Coating (PSPC) for seawater ballast tanks.  This presentation will review the implementation of this IMO standard in IACS Procedural Requirement PR 34 and Unified Interpretation SC 223, the main purpose of which are to provide objective criteria for implementing te requirements set forth in the PSPC.  Industry’s perception of PR 34 ad UI SC 223 and DNV’s experience of implementing the PSPC worldwide will be discussed.

 Innovation Serving IMO PSPC Compliance - A Game-changer Example - Joao Azevedo, Euronavy SA/The Sherwin-Williams Co, Portugal

Abstract:

To cope with the IMO PSPC rules for corrosion protection of ballast tanks using traditional coating materials and usual methods of surface protection will result in higher costs and lengthy building schedules.  The debate is on and its outcome is of significant importance for the way the PSPC will be remembered in the future; the catalyst for innovation it claims to encourage or a blocking piece of paper in the way of the shipping industry competitiveness.

It is now possible to show that the first option (adopting innovation) is possible, and this will be evidenced by describing the most recent Type Approvals awarded to the system. This presentation will cover an appraisal of the joint use of UHP Hydroblasting and an IMO PSPC Type approved solvent free, humidity tolerant, coating system. Evidence will be presented from actual use to validate the assumption that this concept enables important cost savings to the shipyard without affecting the durability of the corrosion prevention system.

Speaker Bio:

João holds a Chemical Engineering degree (Technical university of Lisbon) and MBA from Catholic University of Portugal, he joined Euronavy in1999 as Director for Sales and Marketing.  Within The Sherwin-Williams group he is now assuming business development roles targeting the Marine & Offshore markets.

First Years IMO PSPC Class Experience - E Jansen, ABS, USA

Abstract:

the presentation provides a window on the first years experience of ABS Classification Society with the IMO PSPC Regulations.  A brief review is provided about the scope and target of the PSPC Regulation and the involvement of Class within this Regulation. Further it gives a brief overview of the ‘Bugs’ found in the Regulation during the application in practice.  Finally, it provides an overview insight of other Class (ABS) activities related to the PSPC such as Research Projects at hands.  Finally it ends with an intro of the (SOLAS) COTPSPC coming up for vessels ordered on or after 1 January 2013. 

Speaker Bio:

Sailed as Chief Marine Engineer.  Since 1983 Consultant Mar. Eng  specialised on Marine Coatings. Acted on behalf of the Insurance and P&I Industry as well on behalf of Owners, Builders, Coating Producers. Acted as Court Surveyor on behalf of High Courts at Rotterdam, London, New York, Seoul and Hamburg.  Published various articles about Marine Coatings. Joined ABS at 2006 and was fully trained as Class Surveyor before joining the ABS Technology Dept at Houston. Actually heading the ABS Coating Resource Center. Member of IACS EG/Coatings and Industry JWG on COTPSPC. Member of NACE, SSPC and IMarEst.

Changes in Coating Inspection Technologies - J F Fletcher, Elcometer Ltd, UK

Abstract:

Over the past 30 years there have been considerable changes to the technology that can be brought to bear on coating inspection tasks. Coating thickness gauges have changed from mechanical, magnetic, pull-off gauges to powerful, hand-held, digital, electronic gauges. Surface profile gauges have developed from mechanical dial-gauges to digital electronic gauges and wet and dry bulb hygrometers for determining relative humidity and dewpoint have been superseded by digital, dewpoint meters.

This paper will review these changes and identify the advantages and operating limits of the new technologies and explore the potential improvements and features that could be added over the next ten years. The development of software support for inspection tasks will also be discussed.

Speaker Bio

After 13 years in the semiconductor industry in a product and process development role, John joined Elcometer in April 1983 as Projects Manager.

Over the next few years John held a number of posts in the company including UK Sales Manager, Quality Manager, General Sales Manager and he has been the Technical Support Manager since 1998. In this role, John is responsible for Elcometer product support including customer advice, service and repair, product training, product conformance to standards, new OEM product planning and the management of the quality and environmental management systems, including Elcometer’s certification to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.

As a member of CEN/TC139/SC1 Working Group 2 and Working Group 12, John has been involved in developing a standard for the method for testing and reporting coating thickness for painted structures and two standards for field-testing of the adhesion of anti-corrosion coatings. John is currently working on a standard for porosity testing in coatings on metal substrates for WG 12.

John is a member of ASTM D01 and over the past several years has attended the D01 ASTM summer and winter task group meetings representing Elcometer in both coating inspection and physical test groups. In January 2009 he was appointed as chairman of sub-committee D01.23, Physical Properties of Applied Paint Films and is Chairmen of D01 Main Committee for a two-year period from January 2010 to December 2011. 

John is also a member of the NACE Task Group TG 392 dealing with PSPC inspection issues and a member of BSI Technical Committee SME/32/32/-/12 Ships & Marine Technology – Large Yachts as an expert on coatings measurement. 

As a member of the Institute of Corrosion for over 20 years he is a former Chairman of the North West Branch, a Member of Council for the Institute of Corrosion, Chairman elects of the Professional Development and Training Committee. John was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion in July 2009.

Chloride Removal using 'Recyclable Encpasulated Abrasive Media' and New AB 4 Standard from SSPC - Michael Merritt, SpongeJet Inc, USA 

Abstract:

This presentation will discuss the results of multiple test programs that have been performed to determine the effectiveness of recyclable encapsulated abrasive media to remove chlorides during surface preparation.  Previous tests in 2002, concluded that this technology consistently achieves significant reductions of chloride levels in comparison to hose achieved with conventional abrasive blasting.  However these tests were conducted with new media and not recycled media, leaving questions regarding the effect of recycling and possible re-deposition of contaminants on the surface.

Recent tests indicate that chloride removal can be efficiently performed while recycling encapsulated abrasive media and no detrimental effect on removal rates occurs with increased recycles.  A comparison with alternative technologies in terms of costs and speed of cleaning will also be given.

This presentation will also outline the recent release of Abrasive Specification – SSPC-AB 4 by The Society of Protective Coatings (SSPC). The AB series of specifications establish proper quality controls and procedures for using conventional abrasives and AB 4 provides requirements for selecting and recycling abrasive media encapsulated in a compressible non-uniform matrix.

Speaker Bio: 

Michael is the President of Sponge-Jet, Inc. which manufacturers sponge-based composite abrasive media and equipment. Previously he spent fourteen years managing the ARC Division of A.W. Chesterton, and during his career he has developed and managed one of the nation’s largest, fully digital corrosion testing labs, trained engineers on coating and corrosion strategies in more than forty-five countries and his training materials have been published in thirteen languages. For twenty-five years he has been promoting chloride monitoring and removal as a key to quality surface preparation and coating performance. Michael earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University, is a published author, an active NACE and SSPC member with over 26 years in the coating industry

Thursday 9th September

Hull Resistance Management - IMO Activities on GHG Reduction and Minimizing Biofouling - D Kane, propulsion Dynamics, USA

Abstract:

One of the key technical measures in the IMO Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan is a hull resistance management program for optimizing hull cleanings, propeller polishing and evaluating new technology coating systems.  In addition, hull condition is being addressed by the BLG Group within IMO since hull biofouling represents risk of invasive species. This presentation will focus specifically on hull resistance management and its double effect of reducing emission and mitigating biofouling.

Speaker Bio:

Daniel Kane is Co-Founder and has been V.P. Business Development for Propulsion Dynamics Inc. since 2003. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Cal State Los Angeles 1987.Prior to joining Propulsion Dynamics, his experience includes 10 years as a sales engineer for technical products furnished to the US Navy, NASSCO, Newport News, Electric Boat and Tier 1 maritime suppliers.  He is a member of the SNAME Climate Change Ship Efficiency Panel and a member of the IMO Advisory Council for a US based NGO. 

Daniel has been involved from the ground-up in bringing a new eco-efficient “CASPER®” technology to the shipping industry and the company now provides its services to over 250 ships in 15 countries. 

ROT Robots R&D Project - Lars-Eric Etzold, Meyer Werft GMBH, Germany

Abstract:

The MARTEC project “Robots in Tanks” (ROT) will foster the development and integration of new manufacturing and inspection processes for narrow, high inaccessible, dirty and complex enclosed spaces on ships, like Ballast Water Tanks. ROT will lay the foundations for a new generation of mobile robots that are able to operate autonomously under the specific conditions of such spaces.

This presentation will cover an overview of existing robots, where they can be used and what needs to be considered when putting a robot in a tank, followed by details of this Project.  The current status, including the test bed installed at DFKI (German Research Centre for artificial intelligence), one of the partners, will be described.