Basaran Bayrak at Ceksan shipyard
Cleveland, Ohio, primarily based Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has received a brand new deal to provide tank coatings for 2 new chemical tankers being in-built Turkey. The firm’s Turkish division is ready to making use of APC’s MarineLINE coating system on each newbuild vessels: the 8,000 DWT Basaran Bayrak NB 80 a chemical/oil tanker being constructed for shipowner Ceksan at its Ceksan shipyard in Tuzla and the 6,000 DWT NB 68 Sedat Basak, a tanker being constructed for Turkey’s Atako Shipping and its associate Nakkas Shipping on the Gisan shipyard additionally in Tuzla.
APC’s international marine supervisor, Captain Onur Yildirim, says the tasks might be led by APC’s Turkish marine gross sales supervisor Koray Karagoz supported by APC’s 14-strong group at its Tuzla workplace in addition to by APC’s headquarters in Cleveland.
“APC has been operating in Turkey since 2001 and we have a really experienced talented team that has coated and repaired 450 different chemical tankers in Turkey,” says Yildrim. “APC now has around 80% of the Turkish tank coating market and as a result it is one of our top export destinations and we really look forward to undertaking these jobs. Each contract will see us coat the ships’ cargo tanks and slop tanks with MarineLINE along with application inspection, and full heat curing services.”
He provides that APC received the newest offers as a consequence of having a dedicated long-term presence in Turkey mixed with the standard of MarineLINE and its broad vary of advantages.
“The low absorption characteristics and highly glossy surface of MarineLINE allow operators to reduce overall tank cleaning times, which in turn helps reduce fuel consumption and GHG emissions associated with hot water production,” says Yildrim. “This, together with the cargo versatility and flexibility that MarineLINE offers over its competitors, is giving us a real edge. What we mean by versatility is ease of cleaning between different cargoes, meaning operators can switch grades more frequently and easily, with significantly less risk of cross contamination. These are key advantages in the chemical tanker market, where vessels can be expected to transport a wide variety of chemicals.”
The newest Turkish jobs observe one other new deal for APC with Chinese shipowner Shandong to provide coatings for a fleet of fifty,000 DWT medium vary tankers to be chartered by Shell as a part of its Shell Project Solar program.
APC grew its maritime gross sales by 40 per cent in 2021 with 56 ships coated equating to over 750,000 sq. meters of MarineLINE utilized. APC says it now has a greater than 12% of the worldwide cargo tank coating market. Exports are underpinning the expansion with key markets for the corporate together with China, the Arab Gulf, Croatia, in addition to Turkey.
