Since December 2023 until March 2024, IMS has been continuously engaged by the esteemed shipowner Hafnia as their coating superintendent. During this period, IMS successfully supervised external hull painting refurbishments/upgrades for four chemical tankers in China and Thailand.

Due to its outstanding service and commitment to fair customer pricing, IMS has gained increased recognition from more clients. In the three months since the end of 2023, IMS has experienced a significant uptick in orders, with a total of 6-10 projects on hand per month.By the end of February, garnered the attention of a prominent shipowner from the Middle East, hiring IMS representatives to supervise the complete coating upgrading of 31 COTs as well as hull treatment for the esteemed shipowner. Furthermore, IMS serves as the exclusive on-site technical inspection team authorized by Seacoat for SEASpeed V 10 X – a hard film Silane ship hull coating system renowned for its 10-year performance guarantee. Having successfully supervised the completion of two vessels with an Average Hull Roughness (AHR) below 20 micrometers, work on the next two ships is scheduled to commence at the end of March or early April.

IMS has obtained new recognition from an internationally renowned ship owner and has successfully completed DD supervision for the first vessel. The vessel was constructed in 2008 and the DD was completed on the 25th Mar. 2023 at Yiulian Dockyards (Shekou) Limited. The entire surface of external hull except for the topside, has been fully blasted and recoated with Jotun SEAQUANTUM antifouling coating system.Based on the positive outcomes that have been achieved, the owner is continuing to engage with IMS, and subsequent DD projects were supervised in China and Indonesia during April, May, June, and July. The next DD is scheduled to commence in August, and pending the upcoming tank coating refurbishment/upgrade projects as well.

The shipowner possesses and operates more than 55 supramax and ultramax bulk carrier ships. IMS was appointed by the owner as their coating representative to supervse the hull treatment and cargo hold coating upgrade, ensuring the best surface treatment and paint application.