German corrosion specialist Steelpaint that urgent action is needed to address the significant environmental impact of steel corrosion, warning that inadequate corrosion protection is contributing more to global CO2 emissions than the entire aviation industry. The...
Energy transportation company Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) has decided to extend adoption of GIT Coatings’ graphene-based propeller coating, Xgit-Prop, across seven additional crude oil tankers. Previously, OSG had applied the propeller coating to one crude oil...
Government agency Innovation Norway has provided sustainable hull-cleaning company ECOsubsea with a NOK 69m (US$ 6.2m) Green Growth Loan that will part-fund the construction of more of the company's next-generation hull-cleaning robots, as it gears up to significantly...
New analysis by the Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre (MERC) has found that silicone-based hull coatings could deliver significant emissions reductions, but challenges around application and mechanical strength remain. Silicone coatings, with their very low...
Shipping company Sallaum Lines has taken a step towards optimising hull performance environmental impact for its fleet with the investment in Jotun’s hull performance solution, HPS, including HullKeeper, for its four PCTC newbuildings in Nanjing Jinling Shipyard. The...
As a co-author and signatory of a recently published whitepaper entitled 'Antifouling biocides: a key contributor to sustainable shipping', the Swedish company I-Tech, developer of barnacle repelling technology Selektope, believes that education around the important...
As part of its continued effort to drive sustainability in the maritime industry, German container line Hapag-Lloyd succeeds in reducing both emissions and operational costs through implementing Shipshave’s In Transit Cleaning of Hull (ITCH) solution, with the results...
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded what it believes to be the maritime industry’s first Enhanced Antifouling Type Approval to GIT Coatings. The development of this new type of approval sets a new standard for antifouling coatings to address the growing need for...
AkzoNobel’s International marine coatings brand has announced a series of updates to Intertrac Vision, its digital forecasting tool designed to enable data-driven decision making on fouling control coatings for global vessel operators. Intertrac Vision analyses...
Hempel has introduced Hempaguard Ultima; the next generation of its high-performance silicone hull coating system, formulated to deliver optimised performance and increased fuel savings, enabling vessel owners and operators to reach their decarbonisation goals....
Italian shipowner Ignazio Messina has chosen Jotun to provide sustainable vessel coatings for the next scheduled drydocking of two of its vessels. Jotun has responded to Messina's challenging trade with customised solutions to be applied at the next docking of Jolly...
Graphene-based coatings manufacturer GIT Coatings and Australian cruise line Coral Expeditions have entered into an agreement to use a combination of robotic hull grooming and graphene-based hard foul release coatings on the passenger vessel 'Coral Adventurer',...
As the commercial shipping industry looks to rapidly decarbonise to meet IMO GHG emission reduction rules, the biocidal antifouling coatings used to protect the majority of the global fleet from biofouling are expected to play an increasingly crucial role. While...
Keep up to date with news and events in the industry.
We do not share your information with third parties and you can unsubscribe at any time.