Nippon Paint Marine Coatings revolutionary ships’ hull coating AQUATERRAS won the Green4Sea Technology Award in an online-only event attended by the company’s President Seiichiro Shirahata.
The paint system, currently the world’s first and only completely biocide-free, self-polishing (SPC) antifouling paint, came top in a global poll for making a “significant technological breakthrough” in marine environmental sustainability.
On accepting the award Mr Shirahata said: “We are honoured to receive...