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MarineCraft Journal

The MarineCraft Journal is written and reviewed by MarineCraft Global's technical team in Malaysia. Every article is checked against primary sources: IMO instruments and SOLAS chapters, Tokyo MOU inspection data, class society and OPITO guidance, and Malaysian regulators including CAAM, DOSH and the Marine Department. Sources are listed at the foot of each article so you can check a claim rather than take our word for it. Where we get something wrong, we correct it and say so.

Coating in a Tropical Climate: Why a C5 Spec Fails

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A rope access painter working a facade from ropes in harness and helmet

A specification written in Rotterdam and applied in Johor is not the same specification. The standards themselves say so, in a category most buyers have never read, and the gap shows up as early failure on assets that were painted exactly as drawn. By MarineCraft Journal  ·  29 October 2026  ·  9 … Read more

Antifouling and the AFS Convention: TBT to Cybutryne

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A worker painting the underside of a hull with a paint tin beside him

An antifouling coating is the only paint on a ship that is regulated for what it releases rather than what it protects. Twice now, a product the industry considered settled has been banned outright, and both times the compliance burden landed on owners who had bought in good faith. By MarineCraft Journal … Read more

PSPC Ballast Tank Coating: What MSC.215(82) Requires

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Ship construction at a dry port

Most coating specifications describe what to apply. This one names a service life, requires a certified inspector to watch it go on, and creates a document that stays with the ship long after the people who applied the paint have gone. By MarineCraft Journal  ·  27 October 2026  ·  9 mins read … Read more

The Drone Insurance Requirement That Is Not in the Rules

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An illustration of a drone

The regulator decides whether you may fly. The client’s contracts department decides whether you may work. Operators who confuse the two arrive fully compliant and still lose the job. By MarineCraft Journal  ·  26 October 2026  ·  9 mins read 14working days’ notice for a CAAM flight approval application 48 hrsthe reporting … Read more