Brazil-based WEG Coatings and Canadian-based GIT Coatings, have entered an agreement to strengthen each other’s marine coating product offerings across international markets.
A recently launched thermal insulative coating system from the company earned a Gold Emerging Technology Award for the 2024 Global Tank Storage Awards.
The coating reduces fuel consumption and significantly lowers greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, enabling a vessel to sustain higher speeds, while helping vessel owners and operators remain compliant with the carbon intensity indicator (CII) requirements of the International Maritime Organization.
Real-world performance data compiled from ships applied with AkzoNobel's International® brand Intersleek® 1100SR shows the coating has slashed ship fuel bills. The product is a biocide-free fouling control coating featuring patented slime-release technology that tackles micro-fouling on ships’ hulls.
Veteran personnel at American Safety Technologies are integral to the company's work in marine safety technologies, ensuring every challenge is met with expertise, dedication, and a steadfast commitment to excellence.
Constructed over a period of more than three years, the 5,246-passenger Adora Magic City features the company’s Intersmooth® fouling-control technology.
The new line of coatings is designed to protect ship and vessel hulls in the harshest underwater marine environments, and is specially formulated for effective fouling prevention.
The company has invested in a new extension of the Yacht Paint Application Center (YPAC) located in Southampton, U.K., to provide new innovative products, applications and techniques to professional and DIY applicators.
According to the white paper, ship operators can reduce their fuel use and emissions output by using Silverstream Technologies’ air lubrication system (ALS) with AkzoNobel’s fouling control coatings.
