Nippon Paint Marine joins the Global Industry Alliance for Marine Biosafety
23 Apr 2024: Nippon Paint Marine is proud to have joined the Global Industry Alliance for Marine Biosafety (GIA), in February 2024. The GIA is convened to support two key environmental objectives of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), to protect marine biodiversity and decarbonise shipping. The alliance is formed of a collection of maritime industry […]
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 […]
Supporting the shipping industry’s fuel challenges with proven coatings technology
Our article「How Nippon Paint Marine is supporting the shipping industry’s future fuels conundrum with our proven coatings technology」 is introduced in Kaiji Press’ COMPASS November 2023 Issue.. *Nippon Paint Marine Coatings has permission from Kaiji Press Co., Ltd. to upload this.
Kaiji Press Interviews with President of Nippon Paint Marine, Takeshi Shiotani
In January of this year, Takeshi Shiotaniya (pictured) was appointed the president of Nippon Paint Marine. He will also serve as the president of Nippon Paint Industrial Coatings (NPIU), which handles industrial paints. As quoted by Takeshi Shiotani, “I want to make good use of both marine and NPIU resources, which will lead to collaboration […]
FASTAR – A Next-Generation Hydrolysis Antifouling Paint Using Nanotechnology
Japan, 22 January 2021 – Precise – Predictable – Performance. In January 2021, Nippon Paint Marine Coatings Co., Ltd., a group company of Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. will launch FASTAR, a unique nanodomain structured hydrolysis antifouling paint using nanotechnology. In January 2021, Nippon Paint Marine Coatings Co., Ltd., a group company of Nippon Paint […]
Ninety Months of Hull Protection from Nippon Paint Marine
The operator of a large 72,300 dwt container ship delivered in 2013 found Nippon slow friction LF-Sea hull coating was in excellent, pristine condition after more than 90 months of service. The box ship dry-docked for the first time in May 2021 after operating for seven and a half years. It dry-docked at a shipyard […]
Environment Minister’s Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity
Nippon Paint Marine Coatings Receives Environment Minister’s Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity for Its Low-Friction Bottom Paint TechnologyBottom paint modelled after the body structure of tuna helping to reduce CO2emissions from shipping Nippon Paint Marine Coatings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan, President Seiichiro Shirahata; hereinafter “NPMC), a group company of Nippon Paint Holdings Co., […]
Ship Machinery & Equipment Seminar TURKEY 2019
Ship Machinery & Equipment Seminar TURKEY 2019 Nippon Paint Marine Coatings will participate in “Ship Machinery & Equipment Seminar Turkey ” conducted by Japan Ship Machinery and Equipment Association(JSMEA). We would like to introduce AQUATERRAS, which is a bio-side free AF that embodies our breakthrough technology, and other patent products. We believe they could meet […]
Ship Machinery & Equipment Seminar HONG KONG 2019
Ship Machinery & Equipment Seminar HONG KONG 2019 Nippon Paint Marine Coatings will participate in “Ship Machinery & Equipment Seminar Hong Kong” conducted by Japan Ship Machinery and Equipment Association(JSMEA). We would offer one of solutions for ‘various impacts’ yield by SOx regulation and other global environment issues from the view of a paint leading […]