Shop primer is the only coating on a ship chosen for how well it tolerates being destroyed. It has to survive months in a fabrication shop and then be welded and cut straight through, and the choice made at that stage decides how much blasting someone pays for years later. By MarineCraft … Read more
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
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
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 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
Inside a tank there is no satellite signal, no ambient light and nowhere to land. What a drone removes from that job is real and substantial. What it does not remove is the reason most tank inspections exist. By MarineCraft Journal · 23 October 2026 · 9 mins read No GPSposition held … Read more
