Ultrasonic System for Antifouling Protection of Ships

Project Information

ULTRABOAT

Grant agreement ID: 650878

DOI 10.3030/650878

Project closed

EC signature date 19 September 2014

Start date 1 October 2014

End date 28 February 2015

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Total cost € 71 429,00

EU contribution € 50 000,00

Coordinated by

DELCO T.S. SRL
Italy

Objective

75% of imports and exports and 37% of the internal trade of the EU takes place through seaports. From Delco TS, we envisaged UltraBoat as a durable and reliable solution to avoid the formation of fouling (bio-fouling) in ships (attachment of marine animal and plants to the surface of underwater parts of the vessel). This may seem a minor problem but every ship owner knows about the importance of making an adequate choice of antifouling treatments due to associated operating costs. The formation of fouling on ships increases the surface roughness of the hull, which leads to increased fuel consumption. After six months, a ship without an appropriate antifouling system can suffer a 40% increase in fuel consumption to maintain normal speed.
Antifouling also requires specific maintenance because current solutions are not durable enough. Nowadays the ship owners need to periodically re-apply antifouling coatings. Apart from the fact that this coatings are in constant surveillance due to the release of harmful substances, the process requires dry docking the ship (at least every 5 years) for a period of usually 10-12 days. Although antifouling treatment is only a part of this maintenance, it has a big impact on the total operating costs of transport ships. Annual costs resulting from fouling represent more than 350,000€ for a single vessel of medium size (90-120.000 of Gross registered tonnage).

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › manufacturing engineering
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films
• social sciences › social geography › transport
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › naval engineering › sea vessels

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Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument

Topic(s)

• IT-1-2014-1 - Small business innovation research for Transport

Call for proposal

H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015

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Sub call

H2020-SMEINST-1-2014

Funding Scheme

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Coordinator

DELCO T.S. SRL

• Net EU contribution: € 50 000,00
• Address: VIA REMBRANDT 19 ; 20010 INVERUNO ; Italy
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Nord-Ovest › Lombardia › Milano
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Lombardia › Milano
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 71 429,00