I-Tech AB has been granted full approval for the anti-fouling active agent Selektope® under the Japanese Chemical Substance Control Law enforced by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; and Ministry of the Environment.
Jotun has signed an agreement with Wallenius Wilhelmsen to provide its Hull Performance Solutions anti-fouling coating system across 42 vessels in Wallenius Wilhelmsen's advanced RoRo fleet.
Chemists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Mainz, Germany, have developed a method that reliably hinders hazardous seawater fouling and is effective, affordable and easy on the environment.
According to a new report from MarketsandMarkets, the global anti-fouling coatings market is projected to reach $9.22 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 8.6% from 2016 to 2021.
Steel is ubiquitous in our daily lives. We cook in stainless steel skillets, ride steel subway cars over steel rails to our offices in steel-framed building.
The British Coatings Federation (BCF) Marine Coatings Group is launching a survey addressing concerns that authorities may decide to restrict the application and use of antifouling paints to strictly professional applicators and organizations.
Integrating sustainable practices into its day-to-day operations, Almouj Marina at The Wave, Muscat in Oman has teamed up with researchers from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman's only public university, in a unique project to develop technologically enhanced, nontoxic coatings to be used on boats, submerged structures and industrial equipment.