With the help of robots that replace traditional application by hand, Hapag-Lloyd said it is possible to improve the quality of ship painting and shorten the docking time.
At shipyards in Hamburg, Marseilles and most recently Singapore, the company has tested the so-called Hull Treatment Carrier (HTC) coating on its vessels.
As explained, the system from the Austrian manufacturer Palfinger is made up of several automated units that travel along the side of the ship’s hull while it is in dry dock. Its job is to remove the old layers of paint from the hull with extremely high water pressure and then to evenly apply new paint.
