Hull coatings specialist Jotun, Sandefjord, Norway, has signed a contract with MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) that is its first in the containership sector for its ground-breaking Jotun Hull Skating Solutions (HSS), introduced
Nippon Paint Marine has completed the recoating of seven Danaos-managed containerships, with the last two vessels in the series, the 8,463 TEU Phoebe and the 6,500 TEU CMA CGM Moliere, leaving dry
Piraeus, Greece, based gas carrier operator Gaslog Ltd has opted to apply Nippon Paint Marine’s A-LF Sea hull coating as part of its current drydocking program. An advanced ultra-low friction coating system,
Nippon Paint Marine Coatings reports that its low-friction hull coating system LF-Sea has won a 2020 Japanese Government Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity. LF-Sea incorporates a specially formulated hydrogel that mimics
More bad new for barnacles. I-Tech AB, the bio-technology company responsible for the bio-active marine anti-fouling active agent Selektope, has appointed Dr. Markus Hoffmann to the role of Technical Director. He joins
Coventry, U.K., headquartered NRG Marine Limited reports that its Sonihull ultrasonic anti-fouling system, has just been certified to be in compliance with the EU’s 94/9/EC ATEX directive, the regulation covering equipment intended
NOVEMBER 12, 2018 — With mounting pressure for biofouling management, BIMCO is launching a survey to gain insight into how shipowners are dealing with the issue. BIMCO notes that biofouling management is
MARCH 13, 2018 — Swedish bio-technology company I-Tech AB reports it has acquired the manufacturing process technology and intellectual property for the production of medetomidine from Cambrex Corporation (NYSE: CBM). I-Tech AB
FEBRUARY 21, 2018 — As global water temperatures increase, global “biofouling hotspots” in subtropical/tropical areas are intensifying, exposing newbuildings at some of the world’s major shipyards to greater risk of hard fouling
JANUARY 29, 2018 — Gothenburg, Sweden, based bio-tech company I-Tech says that a twenty-four-month trial on a 46,067 dwt chemical and products carrier has confirmed the hard fouling prevention power of an