Effect of Biofouling on Ship Performance and Energy Efficiency – GloFouling Webinar 22 July
The World Ocean Council (WOC) – the lead GloFouling Project Partner for engaging the global ocean business and investment community – invites interested parties to the GloFouling webinar:
“Effect of Biofouling on Ship Performance and Energy Efficiency”
Date: 22 July 2020
Time: 2:00 pm (BST)
Registration: https://www.glofouling.imo.
The webinar is open to all participants without charge.
The webinars are part of the GEF-UNDP-IMO GloFouling Partnerships Project which is working to better understand and tackle the multi-sectoral challenge of biofouling and its impacts on marine biodiversity and the Sustainable Blue Economy.
Marine biofouling is an escalating problem from both economic and environmental points of view, in terms of increased fuel consumption, increased GHG emissions and transportation of harmful non-indigenous species. The fuel consumption of a ship is strongly influenced by its frictional resistance, which is directly affected by the roughness of the hull’s surface, i.e. biofouling. Increased hull roughness leads to increased frictional resistance, causing higher fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. While it would be beneficial to accurately predict and quantify the effects of biofouling on energy efficiency, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, it has been a challenge to relate fouling-control coatings and the effect of biofouling to full-scale ship resistance and powering.
For more information, visit https://www.glofouling.imo.
