by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 22, 2020 | News
Coatings manufacturer Hempel has launched an underwater Hull Inspection service using Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The ROVs can provide complete hull coating inspections while a vessel is at port or anchorage. The service is being rolled out at key ports across...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 11, 2020 | News
MSC will equip one of its container ships with Jotun’s Hull Skating Solutions (HSS). The HullSkater is a robot that removes biofouling from the hull and is controlled remotely through 4G. It is the first commercial contract for Jotun. MSC will install the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 2, 2020 | News
Lamers System Care recently installed the Sonihull Ultrasonic Anti-Fouling system on eleven landing craft for the Dutch Ministry of Defence. The system is to keep them permanently free from algae, weeds and other bio-fouling. A Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP)...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 23, 2019 | News
Rotterdam Port Fund has acquired a stake in Fleet Cleaner, a Delft based company that removes fouling from vessels’ hulls by using an in-house developed robot. The participation enables Fleet Cleaner to expand its services both in Rotterdam and internationally. The...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 13, 2019 | News
Fouling is not just a problem on a ship’s hull, but also inside the ship. To deal with this problem inside a ship’s cooling system, Corrosion has launched the UV-C Cooler. ‘UV light is not a new kind of technology to kill micro-organisms, but it is the first...
