JOTUN MARINE COATINGS
Mining data for better vessel performance
Jotun’s development of data-centric digital tools provides critical decision support for customers seeking to
improve vessel performance.
Over the past decade, new digital and communication
technologies have increasingly been embraced by shipowners
seeking to strengthen their businesses. As the world’s leading
provider of marine coatings, Jotun has trained personnel and
invested in digital systems to enable data collection and analysis,
helping owners and fleet managers to optimise everything from
hull performance to onboard maintenance.
Pioneering solution
The 2011 launch of Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions
(HPS) represented an important step in the company’s digital
journey. Data collected using multiple sensors installed on
vessels allows Jotun’s HPS analysts to calculate speed loss over
time, which forms the basis of the HPS guarantee and provides
owners with a useful decision support tool: What can be
measured can be managed.
Building on this experience, Jotun has developed further digital
tools to grow the business in other areas. In 2018, the company
introduced the SeaStock Management Solution (SSMS), a
service where owners pay Jotun a fixed annual fee per vessel
to manage on board maintenance. In addition to strategic
planning tools, crew training and improved order handling and
logistics, SSMS also includes a port optimisation tool, based
on algorithms developed in cooperation with DNV GL. With
the ability to accurately predict a vessel’s arrival at port via
Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders, Jotun can
ensure the right steel protection products are in the right place
at the right time.
Understanding data
Jotun Voyager is another digital tool Jotun offers to customers.
After collecting information from multiple sources about how
different sea conditions can impact hull performance, the
company analyses the data to recommend the best coating
solutions for individual vessels based on historical trades.
The results of this analysis are shared with owners to help
them improve efficiency and better predict potential hull
performance risks.
Taken together, these value-adding services help Jotun
attract new customers and integrate more fully with existing
stakeholders. As a pioneer in the development and use of
digitalisation in the marine coatings industry, Jotun will continue
to develop and launch exciting new tools consistent with the
company’s core business: Protecting property.
Hull Performance Solutions
Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) combines advanced
silyl methacrylate antifouling (SeaQuantum X200) with
enhanced technical service, supported by a cash-back
guarantee. On board sensors enable performance monitoring
based on standardized principles (ISO 19030) for the
measurement of changes in hull and propeller performance.
HPS has been applied to more that 1 000 vessels, allowing
Jotun to collect and analyse data for vessels on different trades,
proving that HPS lowers fuel use, corresponding emissions and
results in more cost-effective and sustainable ship operations.
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