Permanent hull-attached cleaning – even during voyage
Easy to use during start of every voyage; arrive clean at next port.
Easy to use during start of every voyage; arrive clean at next port.
Deals only with early-stage fouling biofilm – the continuous soft-touch cleaning operation prohibits the exchange of invasive aquatic species and it causes no damage to the hull surface.
If a vessel can avoid a 10% increase fuel oil consumption due to fouling, then cost savings are higher in 3 years than the original investment cost.
(oceana.org)
(DNV-GL)
(oceana.org)
(4th IMO GHG study)
Newbuilds and retrofits can save millions of dollars in extra fuel, hull maintenance, divers cleaning, hull inspections and CO2 taxes.
Fouling causes $30 billion in costs for shipping per year. Just 3 tons of extra fuel consumption per day produces 9.6 tons of additional CO2 emissions.
Also, the risk of invasive species is dramatically reduced. Paints focusing on corrosive and mechanical resistance can be used instead of the more hazardous paints to focus on repelling any life from the surface.