We’re navigating you to sustainable shipping - Marine Coatings

Joining the Marine industry’s carbon neutral journey is easy when you partner with the right organisation. Here at AkzoNobel, we are proud to be one of the most sustainability-focused coatings companies operating in the marine industry; consistently ranked as the most sustainable coating supplier across multiple major global industrial indices related to sustainability performance. Our carbon, energy and waste reduction programs makes us the leading choice when it comes to putting sustainable shipping into practice.

Around the world, our solutions have helped contribute towards ocean preservation and enabled many of you to go biocide-free on hull coating schemes since 1996. In addition, our investment in new technology and solutions continues to help customers in new construction and maintenance to reduce VOCs, the use of harmful raw materials and helping to reduce fuel and emissions performance from operational fleets while extending lifetime to first major maintenance.

Join us on a journey towards sustainable shipping

Industry leading fuel and emission saving coating schemes which are Biocide-free

Intersleek is a true foul release coating which does not contain biocides to control fouling. As the highest performance biocide-free scheme in the market, it has been proven to reduce paint consumption by 77%, VOC by 86% and decrease CO2 emissions by up to 110,000 tonnes over multiple operation cycles. Discover more here.

Are your coatings suppliers contributing to your sustainability credentials?

Investors are increasingly interested in the sustainability profile of their ventures and the performance of the supply chain. Our rankings are unmatched when it comes the sustainability performance of our coatings, which can help to boost your credentials. Discover more about our industry rankings versus other suppliers.

We’re an integral part of the journey, not watching from the side lines

We have set our own 2030 carbon reduction targets which are leading the coatings industry from the front. By turning sustainability ambitions into action, we are aligned to the Marine industry’s carbon neutral journey and helping to improve the performance of the supply chain. Discover more about our carbon neutral ambitions.

Investing in ocean preservation

Through key industry bodies such as the GloFouling partnership and the IMO, we are actively engaged in ocean preservation by reducing our carbon footprint and delivering solutions with improved credentials. We’re also playing an active part in improving our ocean’s ecosystem through our partnership with The Ocean Cleanup. Discover more here.

Making it simple to move to water-based, solvent free or lower VOCs technologies

Over 40% of AkzoNobel’s new technology pipeline has improved sustainability credentials versus the industry standard – our eco solutions can help you quickly adapt to changing legislation, improve the proportion of sustainable products used on your assets and deliver improved operational benefits. Discover more here.

Extended performance across the asset lifetime

We pride ourselves on the quality of our products, which over decades has enabled us to deliver extended asset lifetimes, lowering maintenance and repair costs for key areas of your vessel. By selecting the right coating systems and enabling this lifetime extension, we can work together to reduce VOCs, material use and cost. To see how our coatings perform after 20 years in-service, click here.