{"id":10662,"date":"2025-06-02T20:02:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T20:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=10662"},"modified":"2025-06-02T20:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T20:02:32","slug":"hempel-launches-hempaguard-nb-silicone-hull-coating-for-newbuilds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=10662","title":{"rendered":"Hempel launches Hempaguard NB silicone hull coating for newbuilds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Hempel launches Hempaguard NB silicone hull coating for newbuilds<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Until now, applying advanced silicone hull coatings during the newbuilding process has posed logistical challenges for shipowners. Conventional silicone solutions require controlled environments and are typically applied either pre-delivery or in post-delivery drydockings, both of which approaches cause delays and additional costs. Now, though, Hempel has expanded its Hempaguard range of hull coatings with the launch of Hempaguard NB \u2013 a breakthrough high-performance silicone hull coating, designed specifically for newbuild vessels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-wp-embed is-provider-marine-log wp-block-embed-marine-log\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"y8fzgzqTxz\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/dnv-verifies-that-silicone-based-hempaguard-hull-coating-delivers-impressive-results\/\">DNV verifies that silicone-based Hempaguard hull-coating delivers impressive results<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"\u201cDNV verifies that silicone-based Hempaguard hull-coating delivers impressive results\u201d \u2014 Marine Log\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/dnv-verifies-that-silicone-based-hempaguard-hull-coating-delivers-impressive-results\/embed\/#?secret=pUc6rHJuUl#?secret=y8fzgzqTxz\" data-secret=\"y8fzgzqTxz\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHempaguard NB brings the industry\u2019s most advanced silicone hull coating technology, proven to deliver significant fuel savings and reduce emissions, into the newbuilding phase for the very first time,\u201d says Alexander Enstr\u00f6m, executive vice president and head of marine at Hempel A\/S. \u201cDeveloping Hempaguard NB meant reimagining how silicone coatings are formulated for the construction phase, delivering a solution that maintains long-term performance without the need for post-delivery application. It\u2019s a technical breakthrough that ensures vessels are equipped with proven, high-efficiency fouling protection from the very first day at sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hempel says that Hempaguard NB combines the tried-and-tested performance of Hempaguard X7 with a revolutionary new silicone topcoat, made specifically for newbuilds. This means that it offers the same performance as Hempaguard X7, which has had nearly 5,000 applications and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/dnv-verifies-that-silicone-based-hempaguard-hull-coating-delivers-impressive-results\/\">independently verified <\/a>fuel-saving and decarbonization benefits. In 2024, DNV verified that Hempaguard X7 reduces fuel consumption by 19% and speed loss by 1.4%. Since then, additional performance data has become available, supporting a further reduction in the reported speed loss percentage. Shipowners can now expect up to 20% fuel savings, only 1.2% average speed loss and 120 fouling-free idle days<\/p>\n<p>Hempaguard NB plays a part in Hempel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/hempel.com\/markets\/marine\/full-picture-hull-management\/newbuild\">Full Picture Hull Management <\/a>approach \u2013 a comprehensive, data-driven perspective on hull performance, backed by more than a century of experience and close collaboration with the maritime industry.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/hempel-launches-hempaguard-nb-silicone-hull-coating-for-newbuilds\/\">Hempel launches Hempaguard NB silicone hull coating for newbuilds<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/\">Marine Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Nick Blenkey<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/hempel-launches-hempaguard-nb-silicone-hull-coating-for-newbuilds\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hempel-launches-hempaguard-nb-silicone-hull-coating-for-newbuilds\">Go to marinelog<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hempel launches Hempaguard NB silicone hull coating for newbuilds Until now, applying advanced silicone hull coatings during the newbuilding process has posed logistical challenges for shipowners. Conventional silicone solutions require controlled environments and are typically applied either pre-delivery or in post-delivery drydockings, both of which approaches cause delays and additional costs. Now, though, Hempel has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4610,4611,4404,192,199,4612],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-10662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alexander-enstrom","category-hempaguard-nb","category-hempel","category-marinelog","category-news","category-silicone-hull-coating","tag-marinelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}