Marine Coatings Case studies

Safinah’s role was to survey the cargo tank coatings and take appropriate paint flake samples for analysis by computerised optical microscopy.

We were commissioned to develop a method to assess the technical merit of bids from rival paint companies after the owner of a Northern European fleet put it’s coating contract out to tender.

Safinah provided reports and expert opinion in a case where a vessel was left static for a number of months in high fouling challenge waters.

This project involved a vessel that had extensive detachment of the underwater hull coatings.

An investigation into blistering of the cargo tank coatings on a number of vessels to determine the root cause of the blistering.

Safinah was engaged by a major defence contractor to develop a common coating approach and solutions for coating issues associated with the largest warships to be built in the UK for many years.

Safinah was contracted by a ship manager in Southern Europe to explore the nature of the contamination problems with their cargo tank coating and made an independent assessment of alternative cleaning strategies for the client.