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 FASTAR Coating Wins Environmental Technology Award from Japan Chemical Industry Association

Industry leading antifouling hull coating, FASTAR, wins Environmental Technology award at Japan Chemical Industry Association’s (JCIA) 56th annual awards Tokyo, 20 June 2024: Nippon Paint Marine, a coatings leader for the maritime industry, has announced that FASTAR, its premier antifouling solution has won the Environmental Technology Award during the JCIA’s 56th annual technology awards ceremony. […]

AQUATERRAS Receives Seatrade Maritime Award for Marine Technology

We’re pleased to share the news that Nippon Paint Marine’s biocide-free, self-polishing coating AQUATERRAS won the Marine Technology Award at last week’s Seatrade Maritime Awards in Shanghai. The Seatrade Maritime Awards honours shipping organisations going above and beyond to drive industry progress, raising the benchmark for excellence with their exceptional work. With fourteen categories, the […]

AQUATERRAS Takes Home Green Technology Award

First as a Japanese Corporation, Nippon Paint Marine’s Antifouling Paint AQUATERRAS Wins GREEN4SEA TECHNOLOGY AWARD—Making a Major Contribution to Environmental Protection Through the Provision of World’s First Biocide Free Hull Paint Technology. Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Chairman of the Board, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO: Masaaki Tanaka) announces that […]