AkzoNobel says that real world performance data gathered from ships coated with its International brand’s Intersleek 1100SR fouling release coating indicate that, in the ten years since its release, it has cut ships’ fuel bills by $8 billion and saved 41 million tonnes in CO2 emissions,
The biocide-free foul release coating has now been applied to more than 3,000 vessels since then, with demand rising steeply in the past 18 months ship owners work to cut CO2 emissions to comply with new carbon...