CMP products chosen for MOSE project in Italy
We are honored to announce that our products have been chosen for the MOSE project, a construction project of mobile gates to prevent flooding in Venice, a city in northern Italy. Venice is a city which was built on tidal land and is often troubled by serious high tide water caused by both land sinking and sea level rising these days. Especially during the autumn and winter months when some conditions including current, tidal level, wind direction and rainfall are met, the level of the Adriatic Sea rises more than one meter and a wide area of the city is often flooded. To save Venice - one of the world heritage sites from flooding, the Italian government begun the Mose project.
Silicone antifouling in MOSE project in Italy
This project constructs sluice gates between sandbanks which isolate the Venetian lagoon from the sea. However, a conventional fixed bridge system would damage the landscape, so a new system has been introduced, in which the gates normally sit on the seafloor and rise via inflation when required. 78 mobile steel flap gates have been built and maintained for 100 years being repaired and repainted periodically.
Paints for structures constantly under water require a high level of anti-corrosion and anti-fouling properties, and more importantly, less environmental burden. After more than 10-year's assessments of paint materials and coating systems, CMP paints (BIOCLEAN and others) have been chosen for the project.
BIOCLEAN Series
- BIOCLEAN is high performance foul-release coating system developed by CMP, who have more than 40 years experience for marine / industrial market worldwide.
- BIOCLEAN is developed with 3 key features of silicone polymer by Ultra smooth, Elasticity, Low surface energy.
- Feature 1 Long term / Excellent antifouling performance : High chemical stability maintain the coating performance.
- Feature 2 Environmentally Friendly : Low V.O.C. and biocide free. As an option there is a product with a low content of biocide.
- Feature 3 Cost saving / Fuel saving : Excellent foul release performance ensure for superior fuel saving and low cost maintenance.
- CMP have been supplying CMP BIOCLEAN series (for marine vessels) and BIOCLEAN ECO series (for industrial projects)
BIOCLEAN ECO
CMP’s products (such as BIOCLEAN ECO) have been adopted for the project for their high anti-corrosion performance, anti-fouling performance, and low environmental burden.
CMP BIOCLEAN Series (For marine use)
Over “400” applications for containerships, tankers, gas carriers, passenger boats, bulk carriers, coastal vessels, and renewable energy plants (e.g. offshore wind farm), etc.
BIOCLEAN ECO Series (For industrial use)
Over 500,000 sq.m application record for each water intake equipment (screen, water intake channel / pipe, etc.) in power stations, and water gates, etc.
Innovative coating technologies
FIR theory
