AkzoNobel reports that Meng Xian, China’s first domestically designed and built ultra deep-sea research drilling vessel is being protected by more than 300,000 liters of marine coatings supplied by its International brand.
Meng Xian (meaning Dream) has the ability to drill as far as 11 kilometers (nearly seven miles) beneath the ocean into the Earth’s crust and upper mantle.
It is China’s largest scientific research vessel, measuring 179.8 meters in length and 32.8 meters in width and with a...