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 […]
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 […]
Condolences to those affected by 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake
The Noto Peninsula Earthquake of 2024 caused great damage mainly in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture. We pray for the repose of the souls of those who lost their lives, and we extend our deepest sympathies to all those affected by the disaster and their families. We sincerely pray for everyone’s safety and the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nippon Paint Marine Introduces New PSPC-Compliant Universal Primer for Newbuilds
Global coatings pioneer Nippon Paint Marine has added a new anti-corrosive universal primer to its E-Marine range of paints. E-Marine 2000 is the Japan-headquartered company’s first general-purpose epoxy primer manufactured in China for the Chinese newbuilding market. While the universal primer is suitable for application to all areas of a newbuild ship, such as the […]
FASTAR is the Coating of Choice for JOSCO’s Next Generation 1100TEU Liners
Nippon Paint Marine’s ground-breaking nano-based antifouling FASTAR I® has been selected for the trio of energy-efficient box ships the Tsuneishi Group is building for China’s Jiangsu Ocean Shipping Co (JOSCO). The first 1091TEU ship in the series, Hull No SS297, is nearing completion at the shipbuilder’s facility in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China, and scheduled […]
