Grand Bahama Shipyard Ltd. floating dry dock coated with NOA from Nippon Paint Marine
Nippon Paint Marine’s NOA 60 HS has been applied to the largest floating dry docks to be deployed in the western hemisphere for Grand Bahama Shipyard March 2026: Marine coatings leader Nippon Paint Marine has supplied its self-indicating epoxy coating NOA 60 HS, to protect two new floating dry docks for Grand Bahama Shipyard. The […]
Nippon Paint Marine Employee Blog – Kong Kun
Strong on-site technical support has a vital role to play in ensuring hull coating systems perform as intended throughout a vessel’s lifecycle. At Nippon Paint Marine, our technical service engineers are at the forefront of this work, providing hands-on expertise that supports both quality and customer confidence. In this edition of our employee blog series, […]
Nippon Paint Marine Employee Blog – Hiroto Sonoda
At Nippon Paint Marine, our Research and Development efforts are centred on developing and improving marine coating products used in shipbuilding and vessel maintenance. Teams in R&D work to explore and refine coating technologies that support performance and environmental considerations in real applications. In this edition of our employee blog series, we introduce Hiroto Sonada, […]
Nippon Paint Marine Employee Blog – Tei Hobin
In the marine coatings industry, strong technical service support is essential to ensuring quality, reliability and trust during projects. At Nippon Paint Marine, our marine coatings technical service representatives work closely with shipyards, shipowners and partners to provide smooth solutions to project challenges, supporting coating performance throughout a vessel’s lifecycle. In this edition of our […]
Nippon Paint Marine Employee Blog – Taehwa Kim
In the world of marine coatings, even the most advanced technologies rely on the dedication and expertise of people. At Nippon Paint Marine, our technical service representatives are the key to ensuring that innovative coatings perform reliably in the field, bridging the gap between laboratory breakthroughs and real-world application. In this latest edition of our […]
Nippon Paint Marine Employee Blog – Yousub Jeong
At Nippon Paint Marine, strong on-site leadership is essential to ensuring coating quality and performance at shipyards around the world. In this blog, we introduce Yousub Jeong, Senior Manager at Nippon Paint Marine Korea. Yousub joined Nippon Paint Marine in 2008 with no prior industry experience. Since then, he has built his entire career through […]
Nippon Paint Marine Employee Blog – Kim Okkyu
At Nippon Paint Marine, our technical service representatives ensure coatings perform reliably in the field. In this blog, we feature Kim Okkyu, Technical Service Representative (TSR) for Nippon Paint Marine Japan’s Technical Service Department. Originally from Jeonju, South Korea, Okkyu joined Nippon Paint Marine in 2017 and has since leveraged his marine coatings expertise to […]
Nippon Paint Marine and Lloyd’s Register sign technical collaboration to assess hull coating performance
The technical collaboration aims to assess the in-service speed-loss performance of Nippon Paint Marine’s FASTAR and AQUATERRAS coatings, following the ISO 19030 performance-measurement standard. 2nd December, Shanghai, 2025: Marine coatings leader Nippon Paint Marine and Lloyd’s Register Advisory, a leading provider of independent ship performance consultancy to the maritime industry, today signed a technical collaboration […]
Nippon Paint Marine’s world-first AQUATERRAS fouling protection coating wins “GoldenKey-SDG Solutions” award, now protecting over 180 vessels worldwide to reduce fouling and carbon emissions
On November 28th, the “GoldenKey – China in Action for the SDGs” 2025 Annual Showcase and Exchange Event was held in Beijing. Nippon Paint Marine was honored with the 2025 “GoldenKey·Excellent Solution” award in the “Action4Nature” category, which focuses on biodiversity conservation, for its world-first AQUATERRAS coating, a self-polishing fouling protection coating that’s biocide-free. Developed […]
Highly Innovative Hull Coatings Underline Maritime Decarbonisation
Kazuaki Masuda, technical division director at Nippon Paint Marine, outlines how innovations in hull coatings are playing a central role in decarbonization. In 2023, the global maritime industry, guided by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) – the UN’s intergovernmental authority for the sector – agreed to targets to achieve net-zero by around 2050. In 2025, […]
