Cargo hold coating offers extended maintenance intervals
13 Jul 2009
Hempadur Ultra-Strength is a new epoxy coating from Hempel for ship cargo holds, that is claimed to offer an industry-leading repair interval.
The coating provides high abrasion and impact resistance ? making it suitable for protecting ship cargo holds subject to rough treatment. Hempadur Ultra-Strength 47500 protects ship cargo holds from both mechanical damage and the severe abrasion caused when loading hard cargoes. With a 10-year repair interval, claimed to be the longest on the market, it enables shipowners to extend periods between repairs ? and so helps bring down maintenance costs.
Michael Aamodt, Group Marine Product Manager at Hempel, comments: "The cargo hold is exposed to more battering and rough treatment than any other part of a ship, so shipowners need an extremely tough cargo hold coating. Hempadur Ultra-Strength offers better protection than any other epoxy coating. This means it lasts longer and shipowners can save time and money as they have to do less repairs or recoating."
Hempel says that Scientific & Technical Services in the UK has performed independent coal cargo testing on Hempadur Ultra-Strength and ranks it as the best performing epoxy coating against warm, hard angular cargoes. Hempadur Ultra-Strength is also claimed to be best in class in application performance. It dries quicker than similar coatings on the market, and can be applied all year round in most weather conditions. Hempel says that with a high glass transition temperature, the coating will remain hard even when exposed to very warm coal cargoes.
The coating provides high abrasion and impact resistance ? making it suitable for protecting ship cargo holds subject to rough treatment. Hempadur Ultra-Strength 47500 protects ship cargo holds from both mechanical damage and the severe abrasion caused when loading hard cargoes. With a 10-year repair interval, claimed to be the longest on the market, it enables shipowners to extend periods between repairs ? and so helps bring down maintenance costs.
Michael Aamodt, Group Marine Product Manager at Hempel, comments: "The cargo hold is exposed to more battering and rough treatment than any other part of a ship, so shipowners need an extremely tough cargo hold coating. Hempadur Ultra-Strength offers better protection than any other epoxy coating. This means it lasts longer and shipowners can save time and money as they have to do less repairs or recoating."
Hempel says that Scientific & Technical Services in the UK has performed independent coal cargo testing on Hempadur Ultra-Strength and ranks it as the best performing epoxy coating against warm, hard angular cargoes. Hempadur Ultra-Strength is also claimed to be best in class in application performance. It dries quicker than similar coatings on the market, and can be applied all year round in most weather conditions. Hempel says that with a high glass transition temperature, the coating will remain hard even when exposed to very warm coal cargoes.
