BPR - everything from fly spray to anifouling

01 Feb 2004

With the years rolling by for product assessment under the Biocidal Products Directive, Phil Pickin finds out what's going on. 

Flexible fouling for RIBs

01 Feb 2004

Polymarine markets accessories and care products for inflatable boats, including specialist coatings such as Flexipaint, a liquid Hypalon paint that bonds itself to existing Hypalon fabric. 

Antifoul with guarantee

01 Feb 2004

International Paint launched what it claims is the first guarantee for antifouling at the Schroders London Boat Show. 

Tin-free coating targets superyachts

01 Feb 2004

SuperNavi is an antifouling targeted at the ever more lucrative superyacht market. 

Cost effective antifouling

01 Feb 2004

The Japanese Chugoku Marine Paints Company is up there with the biggest. After nearly 90 years in business, the company supplies coatings to at least 50% of Japan's com-mercial fleet and a great deal to commercial fleets in other countries around the world. 

Every coating needs a remover first

01 Feb 2004

BC Aviation is not a name that springs readily to mind when considering marine products, but the company offers some interesting items. 

Heavy duty corrosion protection

01 Feb 2004

Of interest to steel boatbuilders and owners is Copon, a two-pack epoxy tar usually used by organisations such as Railtrack to coat its bridge structures. 

The Queen Mary 2

01 Feb 2004

Jotun got the contract for the coatings on the QM2, the largest, longest, tallest, widest and most expensive passenger liner ever.