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Watch the seminar on the latest antifouling reserach


Watch the seminar on the latest antifouling reserach

21 November 2024

On November 19, Lighthouse and Chalmers hosted the seminar Latest Antifouling Research: Focus on Sustainable Shipping at Lindholmen in Gothenburg. Here, you can watch it afterwards and learn more about the decision support tool for hull maintenance, HullMASTER. A range of other related topics within antifouling research is also covered, including innovative antifouling coatings, the impact of biofouling on vessel performance, and socio-environmental perspectives.

 

The seminar is led by the Antifouling Research Group at the Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology. 

Program:

When: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Location: Demostudion, plan 2, Lindholmen Science, Gothenburg
Organisers: Lighthouse & Chalmers

09.00: Seminar START

09.00-09.10: Welcome and Introduction
Lena Granhag and Erik Ytreberg, Chalmers University of Technology 
Åsa Burman, Director at Lighthouse Swedish Maritime Competence Centre

09.10-09.45: Antifouling research at the Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences
Maria Lagerström, Youngrong Kim, Emilie Adouane, Pauline Bollongino, and Peiyu Hou

  • Getting to the Bottom – the quest for minimum effective biocide releases
  • Sustainable ship hull maintenance strategies
  • Novel antifouling coatings – Sustainability assessment of marine antifouling coatings
  • Shipping as vector for transfer of invasive species
  • Hazard and sustainability assessment of commercial antifouling coatings  

09.45-10.20: Application of antifouling research and available facilities

  • Uses of antifouling research in policy and practice – Erik Ytreberg, Chalmers
  • Skin friction database – Michael Leer-Andersen, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
  • Experimental work in flow – Ann Larsson, University of Gothenburg

10.20-10.35: Coffee break

10.35-11.45: Decision Support Tool for Sustainable Hull Maintenace – HullMASTER

  • Introduction to the core modules of HullMASTER – Youngrong Kim, Chalmers
  • Demonstration of HullMASTER focusing on sustainable hull maintenance strategies in the Baltic Sea – Youngrong Kim, Chalmers

11.45-12.00: Q&A and Closing remarks

12.00: Seminar END


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