Freight Rate Surge Could Affect Underwater Hull Coatings As Liner Trades Defer Dry-Dockings
Nippon Paint Marine is seeing liner operators increasingly postpone dry-dockings as they look to keep vessels operational to meet the recent surge in demand for container shipments.
“Container ship owners want to push dry-docking schedules as much as possible because of the high freight rates and capacity shortage,” said John Drew, Director, Nippon Paint Marine (Europe).
“Although the shipowner’s classification society has the final say in accepting any plans to postpone a five-year dry-docking, we are beginning to see deferments of several months.”
According to the coatings’ manufacturer, the marine coating division of Japan’s Nippon Paint Group, postponed dry-dockings could possibly impair the long-term performance of hull coatings, possibly resulting in increased fouling, fuel consumption and emissions.
> Nachricht Michael Moesgaard Andersen, who is an investor in Penneo and Konsolidator, invests in Agillic A/S and will join the Board of Directors
Nachrichtenquelle: globenewswire | 14.01.2021, 08:40 | 113
Copenhagen – 14 January 2021 – Agillic A/S (Nasdaq First North Growth Market Denmark: AGILC)
Michael Moesgaard Andersen invests DKK 2 million in Agillic and will join Agillic s Board of Directors at an Extraordinary General Meeting in February 2021. Michael Moesgaard Andersen says: I have followed Agillic with interest for some years and believe that the company has significant growth potential. It is an exciting SaaS company with a very strong product in a rapidly growing global market. Therefore, I look forward to becoming a part of the board, and using my experience from other SaaS-based companies, including Penneo, Valuer.ai and Konsolidator to help the company