Nippon Paint Marine’s New FASTAR Antifouling Earmarked for COSCO Shipping VLCC Fleet
COSCO Shipping has indicated it will coat its entire fleet of VLCCs with Nippon Paint Marine’s new antifouling system FASTAR® once initial applications have been evaluated. The hulls of the passenger ferry COSCO Star and the 56,000dwt bulk carrier Xin Liu Lin Hai will each be coated with the game-changing antifouling at drydockings scheduled later […]
Nippon Paint Marine Registers Spike in Turkish Drydockings Amid Asia Capacity Concerns
Turkey, 22 September 2021 – Nippon Paint Marine has registered a significant spike in Turkish drydockings as operators of small to mid-size tonnage redirect vessels from Asia due to capacity issues and a general tightening of COVID rules. According to the Japanese paint manufacturer, one of the global suppliers of marine coatings, ship repair projects […]
Iskenderun Provides Multi-ship Reference for Nippon Paint Marine’s New FASTAR Nano Antifouling
Turkey’s Iskenderun Ship Management has provided a first reference for Nippon Paint Marine’s new self-polishing antifouling paint FASTAR, Following an agreement to apply the novel coating to five bulk carriers scheduled to drydock in China this year. The Panamaxes Ata-M and Toros-M will drydock at COSCOs Guangzhou shipyard in March and April respectively, with the […]
Nippon Paint Marine Reflects on Ship Coatings
White paint doesn’t look clean for long. Yet ship coatings of a darker hue absorb more heat, increase the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) requirement and, consequently, electrical load, resulting in higher fuel consumption and emissions. So, what the industry needs is a darker coating that fails to absorb the heat, right? A coating […]
