FoulFighter: Proactively Attacking Hull Fouling

FoulFighter focuses on cutting back on maritime transport CO₂ emissions, reducing the spread of invasive species and lowering operational costs of ships by proactively attacking hull fouling.

Permanent hull-attached cleaning – even during voyage

Easy to use during start of every voyage; arrive clean at next port.

Keeps the surface clean

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.

3-year payback time

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.

90% of world trade is carried across the world's oceans

(oceana.org)

+$30B Total cost of biofouling is $30 billion per year

(DNV-GL)

10% Even early-stage microbial slime leads to an increase of 10–20% in frictional resistance.

(oceana.org)

1076M Maritime transport emits around 1076 million tons of CO₂ annually

(4th IMO GHG study)

Press releases

September 26, 2023
FoulFighter wins Special Prize at Nordic Startup Challenge 2023
We are thrilled to announce that we have won the special prize at the Nordic Startup Challenge 2023! This is a huge honour for us. The special prize is awarded by Hamburg Invest’s Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg, an initiative that aids scaleups in entering the German market. Read More

September 6, 2023
FoulFighter selected to join Nordic Startup Challenge 2023
FoulFighter, an automated marine hull cleaning technology company based in Finland, has been selected as one of the 10 startups to participate in the Nordic Startup Challenge, a three-day program in Hamburg, Germany, from September 11–13, 2023. Read More

September 23, 2022
Dassault Systemes selects FoulFighter to join its special startup accelerator program
Finnish-based FoulFighter, an automated marine hull cleaning technology company, has been chosen to join Dassault Systèmes’ exclusive accelerator program for startup companies developing breakthrough innovations that serve society and ecology. Read More
Solution
Patent application currently in progress for physical device to be attached on all vessels.
We'll keep you updated as soon as possible.

Our emissions-reducing automated hull cleaning device proactively prevents the formation of marine growth and fouling organisms.
Our solution
- High fuel consumption caused by biofouling can be cut between dry dock intervals
- Prohibits the exchange of invasive aquatic species at sea due to proactive cleaning
- The continuous soft-touch cleaning operation causes no damage to the hull surface
- Optimal vessel type is an over 100 m long shoebox hull tanker/bulker
Customer experience
- Simplicity / easy to use
- Long-term cost-effective operation
- Confidence in superior hull condition and appearance
Application area
- Cleans 90% of the ship’s hull sustainably
- The remainder is handled effectively with traditional cleaning methods
- Newbuild and retrofits
- Contact us for more info
Investors & partners
We hope to find investors, partners and experts with an interest in this type of technology. Also, we believe in building an ecosystem where mutual benefit between participants would not only accelerate us – but also the companies that share our interest and passion.

Mika Koli, CEO
+358 400 767 199
- Contact us for more info

Cumulative costs associated with fouling

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.

2% increased hull resistance

+ $57,600 added fuel cost*

4% increased hull resistance

$115,200 added fuel cost*

6% increased hull resistance

$172,800 added fuel cost*

10% increased hull resistance

$288,000 added fuel cost*

14% increased hull resistance

$403,200 added fuel cost*

* Added fuel cost annually for one Panamax tanker (fuel price $480/t, 200 operating days, fuel consumption 30 t/day, fuel cost per year $2,880,000)

The challenge of biofouling is growing. Some ports no longer allow access to vessels with biofouling issues.

“Keep it clean! A comparison of fouling build-up in just five weeks.”

Mika Koli CEO, Marine Business and Energy Savings

WE STOP FOULING BUILDUP TO HELP SHIPS REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND OPERATIONAL COSTS.

FoulFighter focuses on cutting back on maritime transport CO2 emissions, reducing the spread of invasive species and lowering operational costs of ships by proactively attacking hull fouling.

Permanent hull-attached cleaning – even during voyage

Keeps the surface clean

3-year payback time

90% of world trade is carried across the world's oceans

+$30B Total cost of biofouling is $30 billion per year

10% Even early-stage microbial slime leads to an increase of 10–20% in frictional resistance.

1076M Maritime transport emits around 1076 million tons of CO2 annually

Press releases

FoulFighter wins Special Prize at Nordic Startup Challenge 2023

FoulFighter selected to join Nordic Startup Challenge 2023

Dassault Systemes selects FoulFighter to join its special startup accelerator program

Solution

Our emissions-reducing automated hull cleaning device proactively prevents the formation of marine growth and fouling organisms.

Investors & partners