The objective of the overall innovation project COMPA 2GO is to commercialise the service of COMPA repair for damaged or corroded ship pipes and structures. Using carbon fiber reinforced plastic mixed with epoxy resin, COMPA repair offers a cost and time effective alternative to the traditional methods of repair by welding. COMPA minimizes vessel downtime and increases vessel safety by providing a fast and durable repair and eliminating the use of flame. It is applicable to geometrically complex structures and locations difficult to reach. The total market for repair implementation makes up about 90.000 vessels world-wide, operated by about 3.000 companies, while the potential market for future service licensing make over 15.000 companies in EU only. As a follow up on the completed SME Instrument Phase 1 project, the specific Phase 2 project objectives are: 1) to complete the development of COMPA repair service in terms of the design and the procedure by successfully completing specimen tests and on-board vessel demonstrations. 2) to demonstrate the quality of the solution and gain quality approval of COMPA application standard from relevant maritime certification organisations. 3) to develop promotion and sales plan and to establish a network of repair application partners for licensing the technology while ensuring IPR protection and quality management. The project is performed by the company as2con – alveus, an expert in design, engineering and application of carbon fiber based technology in the maritime industry. as2con – alveus aims to become a leader in composite and carbon fiber solutions in the maritime industry. Opportunities for further developments of carbon fiber solutions for maritime industry business are manifold resulting in benefits for the applicant as well as for Europe.

The objective of the overall innovation project is to commercialise the service of composite patch (COMPA) repair for damaged ship pipes. COMPA pipe repair is a cost-effective alternative to the traditional method of repair of crack and corrosion damages in ship structures and pipes that occur frequently on various types of vessels. Total economic benefits of a COMPA repair over traditional methods are considerable. considering total savings, costs of COMPA are estimated to be up to 10 times lower than the costs of traditional methods of repair by steel cutting-welding-inserting. Additional advantages of the technology are reduced total repair costs, exclusion of flame, applicability to complex structures, shorter repair time, lower added weight and reduced maintenance. COMPA repair can thus support competitiveness of the ship repair sector in Europe. The total market for the repair is composed of 87.000 vessels world-wide, of 5 years of age and more, each experiencing hundreds of crack and corrosion damages on a yearly basis. The primary market of the vessels operating in European waters is about 35% of the total number. Considering Technology Readiness Level, COMPA pipe repair is at TRL8 as it has been proven in operational environment in 12 applications on-board vessels as a useful and reliable solution for pipe corrosion and crack problems. The specific SME Instrument Phase 1 project aims to conduct a market study of implementation of COMPA repair in order to advance its commercialisation. The market study will specify primary customer segments and specific customers, and will define best ways of approaching these. It will map out a process to go further to speed up the commercialisation process.