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- by Daniel Kane, Propulsion Dynamics A half decade ago, hull performance sounded like some esoteric concept, but the ban on tributyl tin (TBT) coatings and increasing bunker prices has led to the emergence of companies specializing in hull and propeller performance monitoring. Nowadays, there is widespread data from many academic and industry sources on the ship … [Read more...]
International Primers Pass IMO PSPC COT Laboratory Testing
International Paint has announced that its principal anticorrosive primers and shop primers have successfully passed IMO PSPC COT laboratory testing in accordance with the IMO MSC.288 (87) SOLAS regulations for cargo oil tankers. These regulations, approved at MSC87 in May 2010, become effective for new cargo oil tankers from the 1st of January 2013 under the … [Read more...]
The best of both worlds – International Paint’s Silyl and Copper Acrylate Technologies
International Paint has introduced Intersmooth®7465Si SPC and Interswift®6900Si silyl acrylate antifouling coatings. Aiming to improve and enhance customer choice, International is the first and only global manufacturer to offer both copper acrylate and silyl acrylate antifouling coatings within a comprehensive range of fouling control technologies. In 2006, International … [Read more...]
International Paint’s Copper-Free Antifouling Receives US Navy Approval
Interspeed® 5640, International Paint's, copper free antifouling, has received U.S. Navy approval to MILPRF-24647 Type I Classes 1 & 2, Grades A & B, Applications 1 & 4. This approval follows many years of research dedicated to meeting the US Navy's stated aims of metal free fouling control. “This approval now allows government specifiers and end users an … [Read more...]