Dr Raouf Kattan

Dr Kattan has a background in academia seafaring shipping shipbuilding and naval architecture and specialist knowledge of coatings.  He has worked with many leading shipbuilders on coating issues from design to process and productivity improvement of coating processes.

Working with ship owners he has developed a performance specification approach to enable the correct technical assessment of alternative paint scheme proposals.  He has worked with all the world's leading coatings companies and headed the product development teams of a multinational company.

Working with major raw material suppliers and equipment manufacturers he has enabled them to establish the added value of their products.   He heads the work that Safinah undertakes for investment houses and venture capital firms seeking to make investments core Safinah markets.

Dr Kattan is a Member of NACE and is also:

• Chairman of IMOAC –the  IMO Advisory Council for NACE.
• a member of STG 44- Marine Corrosion – Ship and Structure
• a member of TEG181X – Marine Vessel Corrosion

 

Papers, presentations and publications

• Paper: Matching the coatings process to shipyard needs
• Presentation: Managing Coatings Through Life
• Presentation: Managing Coatings Through Life
• Presentation: Minimising paint claims – lessons learnt
• Presentation: Environmental challenges to the Shiprepair industry
• Paper: Corrosion in ballast tanks – is rust a must?
• Publication: Tanks in conflict
• Publication: Impact of IMO Performance Standards for Protective Coatings
• Publication: Repair yards set to feel impact of new ballast tank coating rules
• Presentation: How to prevent failures and non-conformities
• Presentation: Implementing The Paint Specification in the PSPC
• Presentation: Conflicts and Dangers in New IMO Regulations
• Presentation: Automating the CTF with Blue Tooth Technology
• Paper: Assessing Yacht Coatings
• Presentation: IMO Paint Standards Challenge
• Publication: Visual Impact of Yacht Coatings
• Presentation: Hull Tank & Ballast Tank Maintenance
• Presentation: Corrosion in Ballast Tanks
• Paper: Coatings of Ships: The Design Challenge
• Presentation: Cleaning up Marine Antifouling
• Publication: Design for Coatings to make Ships Safer
• Presentation: NACE Conference Details