Classification society Lloyd’s Register has renewed its certification of the Ecospeed hard coating as an approved abrasion resistant hull protection system for vessels operating in Polar waters.
Lloyd’s Register says that if the coating is applied in way of the ice belt – the bow area above the waterline most prone to mechanical damage when navigating ice – on ships intending to navigate in first year ice conditions and the coating is maintained in good condition during service, then steel plate thickness of the ice belt can be reduced by up to 1mm.
Recognising Ecospeed as an abrasion-resistant ice coating for another five years, the certification renewal comes at a time of increased offshore support vessels operations and expedition type cruising in polar waters.
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