The Challenge to Find New Sustainable Antifouling Approaches for Shipping

Dahlbäck, BjörnGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för växt- och miljövetenskaper,Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences,University of Gothenburg (author)

Fouling of ships and its counter measure – antifouling – is receiving justified attention as a serious marine environmental problem. If the ship is fouled its fuel consumption will increase radically. If a ship is fouled its emissions to air will increase, its manoeuvrability will be affected and it will contribute to the spreading of aliens. The present antifouling strategies seem to be non-sustainable, either environmentally or technically/commercially. The large amounts of biocides used in antifouling paints constitute a marine pollution problem. Research for more sustainable solutions, biocidal as well as non-biocidal, is ongoing. Optimisation of new antifoulant combinations combined with microcapsule technology will offer the possibility to decrease the exposure of the marine environment to antifouling biocides.

Blanck, Hans,1950Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för växt- och miljövetenskaper,Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences,University of Gothenburg(Swepub:gu)xblaha (author)
Nydén, Magnus,1970Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology(Swepub:cth)mnyden (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för växt- och miljövetenskaper (creator_code:org_t)

By the author/editor: Dahlbäck, Björn; Blanck, Hans, 19 ...; Nydén, Magnus, 1 ...

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By the university: University of Gothenburg; Chalmers University of Technology

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