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BMT Group member BMT Argoss has formed a partnership with International Paint to deliver demonstrable and transparent improvements in performance, efficiency and environmental emissions for the global shipping fleet.
They say that shipowners and ship operators will be able to benefit from a measurable reduction in energy use and CO2 emission by using International Paint's fouling control coatings in conjunction with the BMT Smartservices system (developed by BMT Argoss) to independently monitor and report the performance of their vessels.
BMT Smartservices builds on the successful track record of BMT Smartpower, an advanced onboard, real-time performance monitoring and reporting system that acquires and records data automatically from ship sensors and provides valuable ship performance information to the crew and shore based management.
When employed as a package, the BMT system can be used with International Paint's Intersmooth (R) SPC, a self-polishing copolymer biocidal antifouling that offers 4 percentsavings and 37 years of proven performance on over 33,000 ships, as well as Intersleek (R), a fluoropolymer foul release coating that offers fuel and emission savings of up to 9 percent.
Han Wensink, Managing Director of BMT Argoss commented: "BMT SMartservices will clearly and transparently demonstrate any in-service performance changes when International Paint's hull coatings have been used. Equipped with a user friendly web based interface and drawing on BMT's 24/7 access to high quality metocean data, the new system can play a major role in improving operational efficiency of the global shipping fleet."
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http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1495:2011oct00252&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=107
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