Bay Ship dry dock is a one-time CIA asset
AUGUST 6, 2013 — Remember the “Hughes Mining Barge,” HMB-1? It is now serving at Bay Ship & Yacht’s Alameda, CA, shipyard as a covered floating dry dock. That’s a pretty peaceable
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PPG’s Sigmacare Plus marks 1,000 vessel milestone
FEBRUARY 4, 2013 — PPG Protective and Marine Coatings (PPG) has installed its 1,000th Sigmacare Plus system. PPG says it was the first to offer an online shipboard maintenance tool for its
Smit Lamnalco donates to support seafarer services vessel
JULY 23, 2012—Quality of life is such an important issue for attracting and retaining seafarers. Often, seafarers can spend months away from their families with little or no contact. What we take
Jotun in milestone agreement with COSCO Container
JULY 5, 2012 — Jotun Group member Jotun COSCO Marine Coatings (Qingdao) Co Ltd. has reached an important agreement with China’s COSCO Container, the world’s fourth largest containership operator. Jotun will supply
ClassNK type approves single-coat ballast tank coating system
ClassNK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai) says it has awarded type approval under PSPC (Performance Standard for Protective Coatings) to the world’s first alternative coating system for ballast tanks. The approval, the first of
Copper-free antifouling receives Navy QPL approval
Interspeed(R)5640, International Paint’s, copper-free antifouling, has received U.S. Navy approval to MIL-PRF-24647 Type I Classes 1 & 2, Grades A & B, Applications 1 & 4. This approval follows many years of
Subsea Industries says Ecoshield delivers proven protection against cavitation damage
Cavitation erosion and corrosion remain persistent challenges in marine operations, often causing severe damage to rudders, thruster tunnels, and other underwater components. This leads to frequent drydockings, costly repairs, and operational downtime.
Op-Ed: Washington must address corrosion crisis
By Jennifer Merck, Vice President of Maritime, Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) The U.S. is racing to modernize its maritime industrial base. Historic legislation is in motion. Public and private
BW LPG signs up 38 more ships for Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions (HPS).
At last week’s Nor-Shipping event in Oslo, Sandefjord, Norway, headquartered coatings specialist Jotun signed an agreement that will see the world’s largest leading owner and operator of LPG vessels, BW LPG, optimize
Hempel launches Hempaguard NB silicone hull coating for newbuilds
Until now, applying advanced silicone hull coatings during the newbuilding process has posed logistical challenges for shipowners. Conventional silicone solutions require controlled environments and are typically applied either pre-delivery or in post-delivery