Are you noticing that your antifouling paint does not keep your hulls clean for as long as you had hoped, or even as long as a previous coating had done? Regular bottom cleans are becoming a necessity if you are aiming to maintain your hull efficiency and to save fuel between your docking periods. Fouling can account for more than 20% increased hull drag within 12 months in some conditions.
While there are improved techniques for undertaking such in service cleans, their frequency is becoming expensive and some port authorities are reluctant to have such paint system residues from the scrubbing action left deposited within their ports.
MOST Ltd is working with a partner to develop an antifouling system that is already available for small commercial craft (eg tugs and passenger ferries) to operate on larger commercial vessels. This system will keep your hull clean continuously at a very low power consumption.
