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Using Nanotechnology to Dramatically Improve Safety & Efficiency

With the shipping industry experiencing more and more developments, Russel Chew, Executive Chairman, NanoVapor, gives his opinion on nanotechnology. Mr. Chew highlights that this technology can offer safer and faster solutions that were not thought possible with conventional methods. For as long as oil and petrochemicals have been in use by transportation, safely managing their highly flammable, toxic, and environmentally damaging vapors has been an ever-present challenge. Even with increasing emphasis on safety procedures and better training, these invisible and dangerous vapors continue to result in the loss of life and property. But now, new nanotechnologies can provide safer and faster solutions that were not thought possible with conventional methods. These new technologies are now becoming available for marine and other transportation modes, so they too can realize the dramatic improvements in workplace health and safety made possible with more effective suppression of these dangerous vapors in confined spaces. In the marine transportation business, safety and time often work against each other as operators seek to improve overall efficiency by reducing the vessel downtime related to unscheduled and scheduled maintenance, repairs, and inspections. This time pressure can lead to inadvertent but deadly lapses in the checks and balances that are designed into ...

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Methods for improving operational efficiency

During the 2019 SAFETY4SEA London Forum, Dr. Teemu Manderbacka, Senior R&D Engineer, NAPA, talked about the various methods for improving operational efficiency. One way to improve energy efficiency is to optimize, to better plan operations, and - in a cost-efficient way - to reduce GHG emissions, lowering operational costs and possibly even improving revenue and thus the overall global competitive edge.

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The path to maximum hull efficiency

During the 2019 GREEN4SEA Conference, Mr. Tom H. Evensen, Sales Director for Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions and Mr. Manolis Levantis, Analyst Manager, focused on hull performance for ships. Mr. Evensen and Mr. Levantis highlighted the major impact that such a feature has on a vessel’s efficiency. They also noted that in order to achieve the ideal hull efficiency, proper surface preparations are vital.

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