In the absence of hull fouling control systems, within six months of active service a vessel could have up to 150 kilograms of marine life per square meter attached to the hull. This obviously has ...

There is currently no hull coating available which will not foul. The only way to remove this fouling is by cleaning it off. Like it or not, ship hull cleaning is an essential part of operating a ...

At a presentation at the World Ocean Council's Sustainable Ocean Summit last month, IMO technical officer Dr. Theofanis Karayannis suggested that hull biofouling could be just as serious a problem for ...

(Biofouling photo - U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Christopher Frost/Released [A sailor scraping barnacles from the bottom of a rigid-hull inflatable boat aboard an ...

The total amount of money invested in the project. The total cost includes EU contribution as well as other project costs not covered by EU funding. It is expressed in euros. Amount of money, by way ...

Eniram collected data from + 60 cruise vessels & 38,000 sea days to highlight the financial impact of fouling across different sea areas. Eniram Limited, the Finnish provider of real-time decision ...

As a service to the maritime industry, underwater hull protection and maintenance experts Hydrex have launched a brand-new, free quarterly Journal of Ship Hull Performance and series of white papers.

Researchers have been working with the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate and paint manufacturers on a new, low-emission, environmental hull paint based on a new principle called Post settlement ...

Tired of hauling your boat out of the water to clean its hull? Graphene can replace the toxic chemicals usually used to do this job. Hull fouling is a problem familiar to most boat owners, and for the ...

Engineers at Duke University have developed a polymer that keeps ships’ bottoms clean by twitching like living skin. The paint-like material combats hull fouling by preventing marine organisms from ...

The COVID 19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the shipping industry. Hundreds of container ships have found their trades cancelled due to a fall in demand for the products carried on board, ...