Op-Ed: Marine coatings systems explained
By Thomas O’Shaughnessy, owner of Industrial Paint and Protection magazine It may sound dramatic, but it’s true: corrosion is attacking your ship from the first second it goes into service, to the
By Thomas O’Shaughnessy, owner of Industrial Paint and Protection magazine It may sound dramatic, but it’s true: corrosion is attacking your ship from the first second it goes into service, to the
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 — PPG (NYSE: PPG) has announced the U.S. and Canada launch of PPG Novaguard 810 ER coating, which protects fuel tanks, ballast tanks and the internal and external superstructures
Nippon Paint Marine has published a new white paper detailing the role that biomimetics has played in the development of its patented HydroSmoothXT hull coating technology. Biometics is an “imitating nature” approach
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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based GIT Coatings has launched XGIT-Vortex, its next-generation graphene-based propeller coating system. This next evolution of GIT Coatings’ graphene-based propeller coating technology is designed to help shipowners move beyond propeller
C&C Marine and Repair, a full-service shipyard on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Belle Chasse, La., reports that it has blasted more than 700 barges at its robotic blast and paint facility,
Pittsburgh-headquartered PPG (NYSE: PPG) has launched PPG InsightsNav, an analytics platform designed to help shipowners and operators analyze and optimize purchasing data on the seastock coatings used to protect sea chests and
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based GIT Coatings has launched its next-generation graphene-base hard foul-release coating: XGIT-FORCE According to GIT Coatings, the new coating is engineered to unlock up to 10% fuel savings and provide
North Kingstown, R.I.-based Senesco Marine has been awarded a contract by the Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) to construct and outfit a new diesel-electric hybrid passenger and vehicle ferry for the
Coatings specialist Hempel has appointed Gosha Kolton executive vice president and head of marine, effective January 1 2026. She will become part of Hempel’s executive group management. A Polish national, she joins