Ship winterization is a crucial process to ensure the safety of ships and their crew in low environmental temperatures, especially for those ships sailing the Arctic or Antarctic routes.For this reason, Posidonia produces deck material that goes into low temperatures and meets the requirements for ship winterization.
Low temperatures can cause equipment to freeze due to ice accumulation from weather conditions, sea spray, or due to freezing of liquids within a system.
Therefore, there are requirements and Standards for the preparation of ships intended to sail in cold climates.
Posidonia helps those who must ensure that their ships are properly prepared for winter conditions in order to mitigate risks and ensure safe operations.
Posidonia deck material for winterization is normally tested to go to -20° but we have provided, and continue to provide, material that has been tested to work at -50° and above.
The material for deck equipment that has the requirements of winterization is a specific material because metal becomes more brittle as the temperature drops and therefore must have greater resilience capabilities.
To achieve this, specific heat treatments are used in addition to a careful choice of material.
