Locations: Japan

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 Employee Blog – MOL Carnation Ace

For more than a decade, Nippon Paint Marine and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have worked together to advance vessel performance through high-quality coatings technology. What began in 2010, with the successful application of LF-Sea on the Neptune Ace, has evolved into a trusted partnership shaped by a shared commitment to operational efficiency and environmental responsibility. […]

Nippon Paint Marine Employee Blog – Kohei Sakka

Innovation starts with people. At Nippon Paint Marine, our employees are instrumental in driving the progress behind every technical breakthrough we achieve to deliver the products our customers need. Whether it is in a research lab or through a customer partnership, our team reflect the power of collaboration and how dedication towards a core value […]

INTO NEW TERRITORIES

Nippon Paint Marine has seen its AQUATERRAS coating being used in China and for a Japanese client for the first time, writes Clive Woodbridge Over the past six months or so, Nippon Paint Marine has carried out some interesting projects applying coatings for new customers and in different markets. For example, the company applied its […]