Highly Innovative Hull Coatings Underline Maritime Decarbonisation
Kazuaki Masuda, technical division director at Nippon Paint Marine, outlines how innovations in hull coatings are playing a central role in decarbonization. In 2023, the global maritime industry, guided by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) – the UN’s intergovernmental authority for the sector – agreed to targets to achieve net-zero by around 2050. In 2025, […]
AIDAdiva coated with AQUATERRAS for ultimate hull protection
Nippon Paint Marine applied its AQUATERRAS coating to AIDA Cruises’ AIDAdiva during its Q1 drydock, providing biocide-free underwater hull protection. This environmentally conscious solution marks a significant advancement in marine coating technology. ‘Unlike most of the world’s underwater coating systems, AQUATERRAS contains neither heavy metal nor biocides,’ John Drew, director, Nippon Paint Marine Europe told […]
NIPPON PAINT MARINE JOINS RIGHTSHIP ZERO HARM INNOVATION PARTNERS PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MARINE SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Ongoing collaboration between Nippon Paint Marine and RightShip as part of the program will help to drive maritime decarbonisation through data sharing and validation. 11th JUNE 2025: Marine coatings leader Nippon Paint Marine today announced it has reached agreement with RightShip to join its Zero Harm Innovation Partners Program as a strategic partner and drive […]
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 […]
Carnival coats a 16th vessel with Nippon Paint Marine’s Aquaterras
Carnival Corporation is paying great attention to hydrodynamic efficiency to reach its carbon reduction goals – and using advanced hull coatings, including Nippon Paint Marine’s Aquaterras, is among the multiple steps the cruise giant is taking to achieve that efficiency. Nippon Paint Marine reports that the latest application of Aquaterras was to AIDAdiva, operated by […]
Nippon Paint Marine joins the Global Industry Alliance for Marine Biosafety
23 Apr 2024: Nippon Paint Marine is proud to have joined the Global Industry Alliance for Marine Biosafety (GIA), in February 2024. The GIA is convened to support two key environmental objectives of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), to protect marine biodiversity and decarbonise shipping. The alliance is formed of a collection of maritime industry […]
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 […]
Supporting the shipping industry’s fuel challenges with proven coatings technology
Our article「How Nippon Paint Marine is supporting the shipping industry’s future fuels conundrum with our proven coatings technology」 is introduced in Kaiji Press’ COMPASS November 2023 Issue.. ＊Nippon Paint Marine Coatings has permission from Kaiji Press Co., Ltd. to upload this.
Kaiji Press Interviews with President of Nippon Paint Marine, Takeshi Shiotani
In January of this year, Takeshi Shiotaniya (pictured) was appointed the president of Nippon Paint Marine. He will also serve as the president of Nippon Paint Industrial Coatings (NPIU), which handles industrial paints. As quoted by Takeshi Shiotani, “I want to make good use of both marine and NPIU resources, which will lead to collaboration […]
FASTAR – A Next-Generation Hydrolysis Antifouling Paint Using Nanotechnology
Japan, 22 January 2021 – Precise – Predictable – Performance. In January 2021, Nippon Paint Marine Coatings Co., Ltd., a group company of Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. will launch FASTAR, a unique nanodomain structured hydrolysis antifouling paint using nanotechnology. In January 2021, Nippon Paint Marine Coatings Co., Ltd., a group company of Nippon Paint […]
