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SEATRADE CLEAN
SHIPPING AWARD GOES
TO GAC ENVIRONHULL
Accolade recognises benefits of
brush and diver-free underwater hull cleaning technology
G
AC EnvironHull’s innovative
HullWiper hull cleaning technology has won the Clean Shipping title in this year’s Seatrade
Awards presented this week in
London. It is the fourth major industry award the diver-free remotecontrolled system has won since it
was launched at the end of 2013.
The Clean Shipping Award is presented to new or improved technology which makes a significant contribution to reducing the negative
environmental impact of shipping.
By presenting the title to GAC EnvironHull, the panel of judges recognise its ability to deliver a foul-free
hull quickly, conveniently, economically and without risk to human life
or the delicate marine environment.
Since its launch in Dubai two and
a half years ago, HullWiper has
been approved for use at ports in
the Middle East, Europe and Asia,
and more than 400 hull cleaning
operations have been conducted
using the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to date. Not only does
HullWiper effectively clean vessels’
hulls of fouling with water jets rather
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than brushes or other abrasives, it also collects debris from
the operation for ecological disposal on land, thus reducing the risk of cross-pollination of waters with alien species.
The Clean Shipping Award was presented to Simon Doran, Managing Director of GAC EnvironHull. He says: “Even in a depressed
market place where oil prices have taken the pressure off of vessel efficiency and operating costs to some degree, there will always be room for greater safety and the protection of the environment. This Award win is a valued endorsement from the industry
that the HullWiper revolutionary hull cleaning system meets the
stringent and vital marine environmental protection standards.”
HullWiper is now in use at the ports of Jebel Ali, Sharjah and Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, Sohar in Oman, Singapore, Spain and in Scandinavia.