The sustainability story doesn’t end with the ship’s wind assisted propulsion. AkzoNobel made an important contribution to ...

Researchers have already explored the idea of using water-repellent ship coatings that let ships travel faster and farther. The US Navy, however, is taking things a step further. It's backing ...

A new coating for ships keeps clean by literally shaking off barnacle buildup. The coating moves, at a molecular level, whenever it's stimulated with stretching, pressure or electricity. A ship ...

Non-toxic Hull Coating Resists Barnacles, May Save Ship Owners Millions. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 05 / 090528110623.htm ...

AkzoNobel has supplied 350,000 litres of International-marine coatings to a groundbreaking build – the world's first Aframax ...

Protective ship coatings as an underestimated source of microplastic pollution Microparticles in the south-eastern North Sea derived mainly from paints and coatings ...

Researchers investigating a strange "goo" discovered when maintaining a ship in Cleveland have discovered an entirely new ...

Advanced Polymer Coatings has around 12 percent of the global chemical tanker coating market with some 700 ships worldwide coated with MarineLINE, the release said. For more information, call 216 ...

Chapman used a powerful analogy to illustrate the magnitude of the problem: “There are millions of manmade ships in the ocean. The total weight of ships in the ocean is now greater than the total ...

These coatings are made of different materials and applied differently, but when engineering has reached its limits, coatings have always outperformed.  Everyday objects, from pans and pots to cars ...