Weekly Recap: PPG, Tariffs and Shipping, Sherwin-Williams Top This Week’s Stories

Here is Coatings World’s weekly recap—the most viewed news stories on our site for the week ending March 21, 2025.

This week’s most read story was PPG’s first drydocking for COSCO Shipping, followed by an online exclusive on how Cleveland Containers is anticipating the impact of tariffs on shipping. Sherwin-Williams expanding its global core product offering for customers was the third most read, followed by AkzoNobel nominating Hans-Joachim Muller to its supervisory board in fourth and BASF and Sika launching a new epoxy hardener in fifth.

Here are our top five most viewed stories from the past week:

1. PPG's First Drydocking for COSCO Shipping with Electrostatic Application of PPG SIGMAGLIDE

2. How American Sanctions May Affect the Global Shipping Industry

3. Sherwin-Williams Expands Global Core Product Offering for Customers

4. AkzoNobel Nominates Hans-Joachim Müller to its Supervisory Board

5. BASF and Sika Launch Epoxy Hardener

Thanks for reading our Breaking News. We'll have a new list for you next Saturday.

Have a great week!

Dave Savastano
Contributing Editor