Advanced Polymer Coatings Enters Cargo Tank Recoating Deal
Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has entered a deal 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 year to recoat the 25,581 DWT Rudolf Schulte and 25,620 DWT Rebecca Schulte.
The contract was signed by APC global marine manager, captain Onur Yildirim, working with BSM’s Ship Management Centre in Singapore, and will see APC apply its MarineLINE protective tank coating on more than 19,000 square meters of cargo tank space aboard the tanker. Yildirim said work is due to begin in October at the IMC Shipyard in Zhoushan, China, with a completion date in late November. He said the recoating is required to maintain the high performance of MarineLINE following 10 years service.