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Nippon Paint Marine’s AQUATERRAS offers Carisbrooke Shipping Solutions that Drive Performance
AQUATERRAS was applied as a test to Carisbrooke Shipping’s MV ONEGO ISLE’s vertical sides at Remontowa Shiprepair Yard in late 2022 to test AQUATERRAS’ performance alongside Caribrooke’s standard conventional SPC antifouling coating. Caption: …
Mar 22, 2023 / Curious
KSS Line Gives Nippon Paint Marine its First Korean Reference for New FASTAR Antifouling
KSS Line has applied Nippon Paint Marine’s FASTAR® coating to the hulls of a pair of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) carriers, becoming the first South Korean shipowner to apply the novel nano-type antifouling paint to existing tonnage.The gas and …
Jun 2, 2022 / Curious
Nippon Paint Marine's new FASTAR antifouling earmarked for COSCO Shipping VLCC fleet
COSCO Shipping has indicated it will coat its entire fleet of VLCCs with Nippon Paint Marine's new antifouling system FASTAR® once initial applications have been evaluated.The hulls of the passenger ferry COSCO Star and the 56,000dwt bulk carrier Xin …
Jan 25, 2022 / Curious
U-Ming VLOCs Protected By Nippon Paint Marine Antifouling System
Grand Wisdom, the second very large ore carrier (VLOC) to join the U-Ming Marine Transport fleet, has been delivered with a protective hull coating from Nippon Marine Paint's A-LF Sea product range.Delivered in December from Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy …
Feb 5, 2021 / Vessels
Jotun Signs Agreement with World's Largest Shipbuilder
Jotun has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the world’s largest shipyards for a new type of marine paint that reduces solvent emissions by up to 90 percent.Caption: From left: Chairman of Jotun; Odd Gleditsch d.y. and …
Jun 14, 2019 / Curious
Spotted: A Touch Of Colour For The 'Color Hybrid'
The progress of the 'Color Hybrid' (see also CruiseMapper) ship construction in spring 2019 has been steady, and the most visible is the painting process. The vessel is now getting prepared to be launched from the dock hall.Caption: The star board …
Apr 9, 2019 / Vessels