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For marine coating the overall environmental equation depends significantly on decisions taken in the ship pre-production and production phase. Today these decisions are mainly based on economic factors. The EcoDock project will identify elements of new building coating costs which influence the optimum solution through life. The EcoDock starting point is the fact that maintaining costs for ships are increasing as a result of increasing legislation and regulation. Average cost for applying paint at new building can be less than $1.50/sqm but up to $50/sqm to repair it through vessel life.

The project?s aim is to evaluate how the coating performance can be improved thus saving considerable money through life. The overall objectives of EcoDock are to

	improve the performance of marine coatings during the ship lifetime
	reduce environmental impact of marine coatings during the ship life cycle
	provide independent assessment of marine coating systems with regard to economy, technical performance, environmental influence, health and safety conditions
	establish a European communication platform to stimulate the information exchange of all parties involved
	speed up the application of advanced environmentally friendly materials and production processes in ship new building, repair and operation.

For EU shipbuilding the following ship areas have been identified as important and are in focus of EcoDock:

	corrosion protection in ballast tanks
	anti-fouling at underwater areas
	visual impression of the superstructure

The research is performed by 3 yards (cruise liner, container ships and a repair yard), 4 RTD institutes (school of marine science and marine technology, health and safety, synthetic polymers and resins, innovation management), a classification society and a paint consultant.

The results will fill a gap in the market, to provide the shipowners with an independent data source on selecting the right generic product type for their needs while understanding the yard implications.

News / Events

Final Ecodock Review Meeting

25 April 2007

Bremen

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Final Ecodock User Group Meeting

24/25 April 2007

Bremen

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PCE and Safinah

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Perfomance Standards for Ballast Tank Coatings