{"id":6620,"date":"2025-03-25T20:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=6620"},"modified":"2025-03-25T20:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T20:03:07","slug":"carnival-coats-a-16th-vessel-with-nippon-paint-marines-aquaterras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=6620","title":{"rendered":"Carnival coats a 16th vessel with Nippon Paint Marine\u2019s Aquaterras"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carnival coats a 16th vessel with Nippon Paint Marine\u2019s Aquaterras
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Carnival Corporation is playing great attention to hydrodynamic efficiency to reach its carbon reduction goals \u2013 and using advanced hull coatings, including Nippon Paint Marine\u2019s Aquaterras, is among the multiple steps <\/a>the cruise giant is taking to achieve that efficiency.<\/p>\n

Nippon Paint Marine reports that the latest application of Aquaterras was to AIDAdiva<\/em>, operated by Carnival\u2019s AIDA Cruises brand. This application marke the 16th vessel in the Carnival group to fully be applied with Nippon\u2019s biocide-free coating.<\/p>\n

Released in 2017, Aquaterras\u2019s hydrophilic and hydrophobic microdomain structures provide leading edge fouling performance, whilst its biocide-free composition protects the marine environment by eliminating the discharge of any metals or biocides into the sea.<\/p>\n

In 2022, based on previous experience, Carnival applied Aquaterras to AIDAdiva<\/em> to provide the highest performance, biocide-free underwater hull protection. At the time, AIDAdiva became the third Carnival cruise vessel to be fully coated with Aquaterras.<\/p>\n

Although the ship operated in challenging itineraries in both the Caribbean and in Europe, it was seen on arrival in dock at Marseille in 2025 that AIDAdiva\u2019<\/em>s vertical bottom was completely free of any fouling, despite it not having any underwater cleaning during the ship\u2019s three-year service period.<\/p>\n

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