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APC signs deal to coat 16 new build tankers for UK ship owner Union Maritime
Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) is to help UK ship owner Union Maritime meet environmental and efficiency targets with the signing of a new multi-million dollar deal to provide cargo tank coatings to 16 new 18,000 DWT chemical tankers. The latest …
Oct 7, 2024 / Curious
Finnlines adopts graphene-based hard foul release hull coating across its ro-ro and ro-pax fleets to reduce fuel consumption and emissions
Finnlines, in partnership with GIT Coatings, is accelerating its decarbonization efforts by adopting XGIT-FUEL, an innovative graphene-based hard foul release hull coating, across its ro-ro and ro-pax fleets. Starting with their first vessel in 2022, …
May 10, 2024 / Curious
APC signs new recoating deal with Dubai ship owner GULFNAV
OHIO, manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has signed a new deal to recoat the cargo tanks of two chemical tankers for Dubai-based shipping group Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (GULFNAV). The deal will see APC apply the MarineLINE® tank coating …
Apr 30, 2024 / Curious
Advanced Polymer Coatings strikes triple vessel recoating deal with Odfjell Tankers
AVON, OHIO headquartered manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings has signed a deal with Odfjell to recoat three of its chemical tankers as its 2024 order book continues to grow. The work will see APC replacing zinc coating with its industry-leading …
Mar 13, 2024 / Curious
Eastern Pacific Shipping applying propeller coatings across fleet to reduce emissions and improve CII
Shipping company is working with Graphite Innovation & Technologies to apply sustainable coating on 15 vessels in 2023-2024 Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) continues to drive decarbonization by implementing Graphite Innovation & Technologies …
Jul 6, 2023 / Curious
Stolt Tankers becomes the first chemical tanker company to apply Graphite Innovations & Technology’s graphene-based propeller coatings to its fleet
Stolt Tankers, a leading chemical tanker company, has entered into a two-year partnership with Graphite Innovations & Technology (GIT) to apply GIT's XGIT-PROP graphene-based marine coating to the propellers of 25 Stolt Tankers ships in 2023. …
Apr 7, 2023 / Curious
KOTUG Canada and GIT work together to help reduce underwater radiated noise in oceans
KOTUG Canada Inc.*, strongly committed to reducing impact from operations on the environment, has recently applied a revolutionary non-toxic noise reduction coatings to the hull of one of their vessels, the K.J. Gardner. KOTUG Canada has worked …
Feb 14, 2023 / Vessels
Advanced Polymer Coatings lands multiple Turkish tanker deals
USA-based Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) is further reinforcing its position as the prime protective tank coating company in Turkey’s maritime sector with a series of high-profile deals. APC has sealed a raft of new contracts to apply its …
Jan 31, 2023 / Curious
Advanced Polymer Coatings lands third recoating deal in one calendar year with Bernhard Schulte Ship Management
Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has landed its third deal of 2022 with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) to recoat 15 cargo tanks on its 25,583 DWT chemical tanker, the Reinhold Schulte. The agreement follows similar deals struck earlier this …
Nov 9, 2022 / Curious
Hempel coats 3000 ships with flagship hull coating, Hempaguard
3000 applications of Hempel’s Hempaguard hull coating equal a CO2 saving of 27 million tonnes. World-leading coatings company, Hempel A/S, passes landmark number of ships coated with Hempaguard. A 335m-long container ship received the 3000th …
Sep 14, 2022 / Curious