Wisdom Marine Group Selects Nippon Marine for Ship Painting

Taiwan province dry bulk shipowner Wisdom Marine Group has selected marine coatings leader Nippon Paint Marine's NEOGUARD TOUGHNESS coating to provide anti-wear and corrosion protection for 10 of its vessels. As the world's ocean pollution becomes more serious, resulting in increased metal corrosion of ships at sea, the choice of coatings is very important for ships.

NEOGUARD TOUGHNESS is a heavy-duty system that reduces costly maintenance and vessel downtime, resulting in significant cost savings for vessel operators. The coating's easy-to-clean properties also enable fast and efficient turnaround between goods, further reducing maintenance and repair work.

Reducing maintenance costs and vessel downtime is a top priority for Wisdom Marine Group to ensure its fleet remains commercial and competitive. The company therefore needed a fast turnaround in dry dock and set a deadline for the cargo hold application of NEOGUARD TOUGHNESS to be completed within 5 days. The coating has been painted on more than 10 ships since its launch, and the entire cargo hold was finally painted in just 4 days, allowing Wisdom to return the ship to operation ahead of schedule.

As a dry bulk shipowner, it is also crucial for Wisdom Marine Group to protect its vessels from mechanical damage caused by abrasive cargoes and high-impact loading procedures, which can lead to corrosion and structural failure. Wisdom Marine Group needed a coating that would provide strong and long-term corrosion and abrasion resistance to ensure that the contents of the cargo holds and the vessel itself were protected as it carried out day-to-day operations.

"We are evaluating the market for high-performance marine coatings that will enable us to protect our bulk carriers from corrosion and mechanical damage. Nippon Paint Marine's NEOGUARD TOUGHNESS is a best-in-class solution for us to achieve this goal ," said Wisdom Marine Group.

"Protecting our assets is vital to reducing costly maintenance and repair work and ensuring the safety of cargo on board. We believe that working with Nippon Paint Marine will help us save costs and increase efficiency and we are particularly impressed with the quick turnaround of the dry dock Profound, the entire cargo bay application was completed 4 days ahead of schedule."

"For our shipowner customers, their greatest asset is their fleet, so enabling them to protect their vessels from challenges such as corrosion and mechanical damage is naturally our top priority at Nippon Paint Marine," said Deputy General Manager at Nippon Paint Marine Taiwan "We are committed to meeting the needs of our customers with high-performance coatings such as NEOGUARD TOUGHNESS and are proud to help Wisdom Marine Group keep their vessels in top condition and provide long-term protection."

Nippon Paint Marine has been working with Wisdom Marine Group since 2010 and had used the company's E-MARINE 400 HS product before choosing NEOGUARD TOUGHNESS. "Protecting our assets is vital to reducing costly maintenance and repair work and ensuring the safety of cargo on board. We believe that working with Nippon Paint Marine will help us achieve cost savings and increase efficiencies and we were particularly impressed with the quick turnaround of the dry dock, with the application of the entire cargo hold completed 4 days ahead of schedule. "

"For our shipowner customers, their greatest asset is their fleet, so enabling them to protect their vessels from challenges such as corrosion and mechanical damage is naturally our top priority at Nippon Paint Marine," said Deputy General Manager at Nippon Paint Marine Taiwan "We are committed to meeting the needs of our customers with high-performance coatings such as NEOGUARD TOUGHNESS and are proud to help Wisdom Marine Group keep their vessels in top condition and provide long-term protection."

Nippon Paint Marine has been working with Wisdom Marine Group since 2010 and had used the company's E-MARINE 400 HS product before choosing NEOGUARD TOUGHNESS.