FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Marine coatings can play a key role in helping shipowners improve efficiency, reduce fuel consumption and emissions, and meet increasingly complex regulatory requirements. In an exclusive interview during Posidonia 2026, held June 1-5 in Athens, Chris Birkert, Global Marine Segment Manager, AkzoNobel, explains that effective hull performance depends on selecting the right coating for each vessel’s operating profile, ensuring proper application in dry dock, and using performance data to manage hull efficiency in service. RelatedNews Greece’s maritime employment continues upward trajectory New concept aims to advance nuclear-powered container shipping var jnews_module_21375064_1_6a27f66e9f77c = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375064","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1711,323,2491,4299,4437","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_imag