Chinese orders
UK-headquartered Cathelco has won a succession of orders from Chinese shipyards for their hull corrosion protection and seawater pipework anti-fouling systems. The largest order has come from New Times Shipbuilding where a series of ten 33,000 dwt tonne chemical tankers are to be built for Jo Tankers of Norway.
Each of the vessels will be installed with the latest Cathelco Quantum impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) system to protect the hulls against corrosion. The aft only systems will consist of an arrangement of hull mounted anodes and reference electrodes connected to a thyristor control panel.
“One of the advantages of the Quantum system is that the control panel stores comprehensive information about the performance of the system. This can be downloaded to a USB stick and e-mailed to Cathelco for analysis, avoiding the need for completing and returning paper log sheets”, said Adam Rogers, sales manager at Cathelco.
By Jake Frith
