MSC Reports Better Fuel Efficiency with Jotun's HPS

Jotun Marine Coatings said Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will apply Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) on a number of new and existing vessels.  

With almost 500 vessels, MSC has one of the world’s largest containership fleets. To help the company reduce bunkering fuel costs and associated CO2 emissions, MSC undertook a program to improve fuel efficiency in 2011. During this period, they worked in close cooperation with Jotun to evaluate hull performance and launch a pilot program to test the impact of antifouling on speed loss. Jotun’s SeaQuantum X200 was applied to the 8,772 TEU containership MSC Adelaide, delivered from the Sungdong Yard in Korea in 2013.

Senior Marine Engineers from MSC’s Technical Office said, “SeaQuantum X200 has shown to be an effective antifouling technology to lower fuel costs and associated carbon emissions, consistent with MSC’s commitment to a healthier supply chain,” their statement read. “We valued the quality of Jotun’s technical service during all phases of the project and have since chosen SeaQuantum X200 HPS for a number of other vessels.”

Roberto Multari, Jotun’s regional marine sales director, said that MSC has agreed to utilize HPS on 12 vessels – including the world largest containership MSC Oscar, a 19,224 TEU containership built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering  (DSME) yard, delivered in January 2015. “MSC has remained a true giant in the container segment by quietly making smart investments at the right time to improve their business and improve environmental performance,” he said. “We are confident that they have made the right choice with HPS.”