WAN HAI achieves improved fuel efficiency with Nippon Paint Marine
Antifouling products A-LF-Sea and FASTAR reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions by 8% for Taiwanese shipping company amidst rising industry pressure to decarbonise 28 February 2024: Marine coatings leader Nippon Paint Marine’s antifouling products A-LF-Sea and FASTAR have delivered up to 8% fuel and emissions savings for Taiwanese shipping company WAN HAI Lines Ltd.Reducing fuel […]
Nippon Paint Marine Appoints Gladys Goh as President
Nippon Paint Marine, the world’s first manufacturer of biocide-free marine coatings, has announced the appointment of Gladys Goh as its President, effective immediately. As President of Nippon Paint Marine Coatings, Gladys Goh is the first female and foreign national to lead a principal operating company in Japan. With a history of over 140 years, the […]
Wisdom Marine Group selects Nippon Paint Marine to protect cargo and reduce maintenance costs with NEOGUARD TOUGHNESS
Taiwanese dry bulk shipowner Wisdom Marine Group has selected marine coatings leader Nippon Paint Marine’s NEOGUARD TOUGHNESS coating to provide anti-abrasion and corrosion protection for 10 of its owned above 150 vessels. This is more vital than ever as the world’s oceans become more polluted, leading to increased metal corrosion on vessels at sea. NEOGUARD […]
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.
Nippon Paint Marine Expands into Vietnam as Country’s Shipbuilding and Repair Sector Looks Set for Significant Growth
10 May 2023: Nippon Paint Marine is expanding its coatings production to Vietnam, in response to the growing market demand for its marine coatings, following Vietnamese government investment in the country’s shipbuilding sector. Vietnam’s maritime industry has been declared a priority sector by the Vietnamese Government and is on track to become one of the […]
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings goes Biocide-free with Nippon Paint Marine’s AQUATERRAS
21 Mar 2023: Marine coatings leader Nippon Paint Marine has announced the application of its unique biocide- free self-polishing coating (SPC) AQUATERRAS to RIVIERA, a luxury cruise ship operated by Oceania Cruises, a subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH). This application of Nippon Paint Marine’s award-winning AQUATERRAS product follows pre-pandemic testing on NCLH’s vessels. […]
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. AQUATERRAS is the world’s first biocide free self-polishing underwater fouling resistant coating. It was developed incorporating new patented hydrolysis coating technology derived from […]
Technology Showcase Success Results In Run of Orders For Nippon Paint Marine
Nippon Paint Marine’s innovative approach to marine coatings technology was the primary focus of this year’s Korea Showcase 2022, with a number of delegates praising the company’s range of antifouling and anticorrosion systems in meeting the shipping industry’s environmental and energy savings objectives. The event, a technology day established ten years ago to share the […]
Polaris Shipping Trio Opts for Nippon Paint Marine Hull and Hold Coatings
Polaris Shipping, one of South Korea’s largest bulk carrier operators, has specified Nippon Paint Marine hull and hold coatings for a trio of Very Large Ore Carriers (VLOC). Two of the 250,000dwt vessels – Stellar Young and Stellar Way – were applied with the company’s NEOGUARD® and FASTAR® coatings in July at Keppel Subic Shipyard, […]
Nippon Paint Marine Reduces Routine Maintenance for Starnes
The Nippon Paint Marine NEOGUARD anti-corrosive coating applied to the cargo holds of the 40,000dwt bulker Starnes has been a key factor in ship manager HJH Shipmanagement GmbH being able to extend cargo hold maintenance. Starnes, delivered from the Chengxi Shipyard in 2020, was delivered with a full range of Nippon Paint Marine protective coating […]
