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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

The historical monthly underway fuel costs and the calculated excess fuel consumed due to hull fouling, based on the penalties indicated by Hull Medic Left, Kevin Logan, President, Macsea Ltd. Is it ...

The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (President Lee Heeseung, KIOST) has identified the impact of hull cleaning wastewater (HCW), a byproduct generated by hull underwater cleaning ...

Rockville, MD, Sept. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global ship hull inspection services market is set to reach US$ 3.45 billion in 2024 and is forecasted to further increase at a CAGR of 8.9% ...

Hull's veterans are angry pigeons are being fed at the city's war memorial Pigeons are fouling Hull's city centre war memorial, earning the ire of the city's veterans. Barry Medhurst, a former city ...

ALL SHIPS suffer from fouling: the build-up below the waterline of shellfish, seaweeds and other organisms. This causes drag, which slows the affected craft and increases its fuel consumption. Regular ...

Hull residents are being urged to report dog fouling around the city and send the council mobile phone and doorbell camera footage in a bid to crack down on the "disgusting blight on our ...

Hull's Love Your Neighbourhood team will help to help prevent issues of dog fouling across Hull. Dog fouling incidents tend to rise at this time of the year as evenings draw in early. From November 11 ...

Barry Medhurst, a former city parade marshal, said: "We are all absolutely sick of it. It's become a big problem. "We often see a man, with a rucksack on, feeding corn to the pigeons. The birds then ...