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MARINE COATINGS “Hempaguard coatings retain effectiveness when switching between slow and fast steaming and low/high activity – so a vessel can change sailing routes and trading patterns without losing performance. What’s more, these coatings remain effective in waters of varying temperatures and during idle periods of up to 120 days – again, critical to offshore support operations – which regularly sit in stasis for extended periods before springing into action.” enced by the quality of the antifouling system used. The Hempaguard is the