Ever noticed strange buildup on the bottom of a ship and wondered what it is? That stuff clinging to the hull is called ...

This paint is applied to reduce the amount of ... be impacted by fouling while docked or not in use. Cleaning the hull of a ship can be very difficult, often requiring divers to work in hazardous ...

Before air lubrication, the main way to cut drag was hull coatings. Special paints reduce friction, and some ship bottoms are colored red to prevent marine growth like barnacles and algae.

The unique coating system, supplied by Azra Tech was applied to the ship’s underwater hull in May 2022. Ionic has commissioned this revolutionary coating technology as part of its strategy to ...

The copper common in hull paint causes serious harm to marine species ... Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman said no other boat owner in Puget Sound would be allowed to dump hull waste into ...