Chen Liu. Development of Anti-fouling Coating Using in Marine Environment. International Journal of Environmental Monitoring
The marine organism attaching to the ship hull would slow down the ship and increasing fuel consumption. In order to prevent the problem, anti-fouling paints are used to coat the bottoms of ships. At the same time, the harmful environmental effects of these paints such as tributyltin have been recognized. The International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships was adopted by the IMO in 2001 to prohibit the use of harmful organotins in anti-fouling paints used on ships. As the invention entered into force internationally, the most important work is to develop new material to replace the traditional coating. In this work, we summarize the development of anti-fouling paints all over the world and introduce the progress of the latest research.