Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment Tetsuya Yagi (left) provides the Japanese Government Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity Award to NPMC President Seiichiro Shirahata
Nippon Paint Marine Coatings records that its low-friction hull finishing system LF-Sea has actually won a 2020 Japanese Government Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity.
LF-Sea integrates a particularly created hydrogel that imitates the actions of the mucuous layer of a tuna’s skin by creatings a tiny water-trapped layer at the user interface in between the paint movie and also the salt water that causes a decrease of ships’ frictional resistance.
According to NPMC, shipowners that have actually used LF-Sea have actually gained from a decreased gas intake of in between 4% and also 10%, contrasted to routine SPC antifouling paints.
Japan’s Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment, Tetsuya Yagi, offered the honor to NPMC President Seiichiro Shirahata after a Select Committee discovered the finishing system fulfilled all the standards in the Countermeasure Technology classification.
In specific, the evaluating panel discovered that finishing added to decreased drag, as a result leading to reduced gas intake and also decreased CARBON DIOXIDE discharges from those vessels that have actually used the hull finishing.
“As regulations to limit ship emissions enter into force in January, we are delighted to have won this accolade,” statedMr Shirahata. “This award recognizes the significant contribution the coating is having on reducing emissions and shipping’s impact on the global environment. Hull performance monitoring has shown that our low-friction technology is providing a real payback for customers compared to other systems.”
Makoto Nakagawa, NPMC Sales & & Marketing General Manager, stated: “This award recognizes the wide take-up of the LF-Sea series of coatings as an environmentally responsive system. As an environmentally conscientious company, we strive to deliver state-of-the-art products that contribute to industry initiatives to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.”
Coatings in the LF-Sea collection, consist of the LF-Sea, LF-Sea 150 HyB item, presented in 2007, and also A-LF-Sea, which was released in 2013. However, a brand-new undersea antifouling finishing is readied to be included in the collection following year.
Last month, Nippon Paint Marine reported a yearly boost in application of its finishing LF-Sea finishing items. As of June 2019, the firm’s low-friction coverings had actually been related to the hulls of greater than 2,900 ships.
