Vessel maintenance is key to ensuring operational efficiency. The formula is simple: if you look after your vessel then your vessel will look after you. It is well known that hull coatings can deliver significant fuel savings, but there are other...

Selektope, a bio-chemical additive to coating to combat hull fouling is now available in drop-in, dissovable packaging.

Shipping is increasingly being faced with a raft of environmental legislation aimed at reducing its impact on the natural landscape. Probably the most significant are IMO’s sulphur cap and its regulations surrounding the management of ballast...

Shipping has become increasingly competitive since the financial crisis hit in 2008. An oversupply of tonnage, combined with stricter environmental regulations, is driving shipowners and operators to look beyond ship design to find solutions to...

Global coatings manufacturer Hempel reports that it has applied its award-winning fouling defence coating, Hempaguard, to more than 1,000 ships of all different types, the milestone full-vessel coating having been achieved in April.

When marine organisms attach themselves to a ship’s hull, they increase frictional resistance which increases the amount of energy and fuel needed to propel the ship at any given speed. This is neither good for the shipowner because of the...

Coatings specialist Hempel expects to make acquisitions in 2018 as it looks to take a leading role in consolidation of the sector.

The choice of marine coating on a vessel’s hull is a critical consideration for operators in view of the impact on fuel consumption and associated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to Hempel.

Italian ferry firm Grimaldi, one of the early movers in International Paint’s innovative carbon credits programme, has been awarded nearly 110,000 credits worth more than $500,000 in the first phase of its hull coating upgrade programme.

Coatings firm Hempel has fired four employees over a bribery scandal in Germany.