Selektope®: a powerful antifouling agent for marine coatings

The Global paint manufacturers have the possibility on combining Selektope® with several other substances and polymers in their paint formulations to create optimal fouling protection.

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The power of Selektope® will support the end-user with higher static performance in the antifouling coating. Selektope® will contribute to reduced fuel consumtion and emissions due to a barnacle free hull.

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Biofouling is a known environmental issue within the shipping industry. Selektope® is a sustainable solution to keep the hull barnacle free. Frictional resistance can easily increase by more than 40% from barnacle fouling.

Less emissions
Less friction between the ship hull and water will result in less Green house gas emissions. The potential saving is estimated to 1000 million tons of CO2 if optimal hull conditions are achieved all across the industry.

Reduced transfer of invasive species
A multitude of marine species can be carried on a fouled ship hull to new environments, where they may survive to establish a population and become invasive, out-competing native species and multiplying into pest proportions.

Less biocidal leakage
Selektope has a powerful effect on barnacles even at ultralow concentrations, this opens up for the possibilities of paint formulations with less biocides and therefore less leaking of biocides to the marine environment.

Non-lethal mode of action
Selektope repels without killing the barnacle larvae and the effect is reversible. The molecule is also degradeble over time and does not bioaccumulate in marine species.