In International Shipping News 07/05/2015
GAC EnvironHull’s eco-friendly, diver-free hull cleaning technology makes its Asian debut at this year’s Sea Asia exhibition, marking its introduction at one of the world’s busiest ports, Singapore.
At the launch of Hullwiper at Sea Asia 2015 in Singapore, from left: Christer SjÖdoff, GAC Group Vice President – Solutions, Robert Andersen,Technical Director, GAC EnvironHull, Gurumurthi Shankar, GAC Group Sales Director, Kevin Teichman, Managing Director, Teichman Group, Hasan Abbas, Director Subsea Services, T&T Salvage Asia and Ken Lim, Director, T&T Salvage.
The innovative HullWiper Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) system was launched in late 2013 in the United Arab Emirates and has since been rolled out to other countries in the Middle East, and in Sweden. It is now being offered to vessels in Singapore, through GAC EnvironHull’s local partner, T&T Salvage Asia Pte Ltd (T&T). T&T will be the exclusive service provider for the promotion and supply of hull cleaning services using the HullWiper in Singapore and Malaysia.
A clean hull significantly enhances vessel speed and performance by reducing resistance, thus decreasing carbon emissions and fuel consumption. However, traditional hull cleaning methods using divers with brushes can present a risk to the delicate eco-system and damage expensive anti-fouling hull coatings.
Click to find out how HullWiper ROV can help to improve vessel’s performance and save a bucket-load of money for the operators.
Source: GAC Group
