Shipsonic noticed that so many stories go around about how marine fouling happens and how ultrasonic systems can fight it. We identified a whole list of stories we heard. Then we put the list to our Director, Chiel de Wit. The result is a wonderful series of short videos giving you honest answers about this theme shrouded in myths and fantasy. The first 4 videos are here: Q1: Some claim that ultrasonic anti-fouling can clean a surface of marine growth. What is Shipsonic’s vi

This photo was taken during one of our recent installations. It shows how Shipsonic’s software can be installed and updated instantly. It also allows the client to reconfigure the system, if he has decided to add additional channels to our modular units. So far we have always been able to guide staff onboard to do this themselves since the software is very user friendly. For the nerds: Shipsonic uses embedded software. This means that our engineers design the combination of h

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝟭𝟬 - After a short break, we again have a couple of exciting short videos with the valuable advice from Chiel de Wit, Shipsonic's founder and director. Here he discusses why Shipsonic doesn't provide all these frills, including remote control of the system. So the answer boils down to: remote connectivity is very hard on vessels, because the control units are deep down in the e

The Framfjord is a vessel of just 67 meters long. See photo 1 for aft of MV Framfjord in dock in Stettin. The Framfjord was designed for rapid emergency goods delivery all over the world. The Red Cross ordered the vessel to be built in 2006, in Croatia. It was small enough to offload in all types of ports and offloading locations, such as river mouths/estuaries. It has complete independent loading and offloading equipment on board. It was at the same time equipped to be as in

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝟵 - It is all about the OOMPF, the racket these transducers (also referred to as 'transponders') make. The more (ultrasonic) decibels you can bring into a seawater exposed surface, the more it vibrates and the better we can prevent biofilm and if there is no biofilm subsequently you cannot have mussel/barnacle/tubewurm infestations. Due to years of painstaking research Shipsonic

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝟴 - We see brochures or manuals from competitors stating that they have worked out which fouling organism gets killed at which ultrasonic frequency. That is a myth. Basically, ultrasonic sound cannot even kill any organism, it can only prevent biofilm from settling. 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 #USAF #fouling #biofilm #myths

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝟳 - Fish cannot hear ultrasonic sound. They actually have hearing for lower frequencies than humans. Some sea mammals - dolphins, whales - do actually hear the high frequency sounds. Shipsonic is going to participate in a research to measure how much of its systems' sound travels - how far away from a vessel can how many decibels be registered? We should have answers in about a

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝟲 - A very persistent myth that goes around: ultrasonic anti-fouling cleans or removes fouling with cavitation. Cavitation is '𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳-𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 (𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴) 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥'. Cavitation is basically an extremely powerful cleaning comparable to sand-blasting - very destructive.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝟱 - Well, it is by now no secret: glue and the sea environment are not a good match. Even the sturdiest, two-component, costly glues have a limited working life in a vessel. To boot, the constant high Sound Pressure Level is also a huge challenge for the glue. Several of our installations took place on vessels where we needed to remove our friends' systems, with transducers hang

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝟰 - Hulls? These weeks Shipsonic receives every day a new inquiry 'can you do hulls?'. Mostly the next question is 'how many transducers are needed for a vessel of .... meter?' Please listen to the video and hear that the right answer is 'it depends'. #hull #energyefficiency #biofouling #USAF

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝟯 - In yesterday's video you heard Chiel de Wit explain that fouling species do NOT eat biofilm. Today he will make it clear why biofilm is playing such a large role in the two-stage fouling process. Listen carefully. It might save your company millions of euros : less cleaning, no more recoating coolers, no replacement of coolers, etc. etc. Indeed, it will also save you some fu

Demystifying ultrasonic anti-fouling - Chiel de Wit explains all there is to know. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝟮 - Marine Growth appears to be the talk of the town. So we are sure you are keen to hear the answer to this question. Once you understand how fouling works and how USAF can be effective (and how not) you can manage this persistent and costly fouling issue. #marcrofouling #USAF #storytelling #know

Important Shipsonic news - Chiel de Wit is sharing his decade of fouling wisdom. We are starting with a series of 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. Many of this series' questions are about the misunderstandings that exist around ultrasonic anti-fouling and its workings. 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 appears to be the talk of the town. So we are sure you are keen to hear the answer to our first question: "Some claim that ultrasonic anti-fouling can clean a surface of marine growth.

The Wilson ASA Plymouth was in Willebroek - look it up on the map, it is way, way into Belgium's heartland, between Antwerp and Brussels. Never imagined that a seagoing bulk carrier could be off-loaded so far inland. The Plymouth has our system on board. Shipsonic received a message: 'the control unit has a flashing red light'. The crew explained that two transducers hadn't been installed. We decided to go and have a look. Why were the transducers not installed? How to solve

Shipsonic competes well with ultrasonic anti-fouling competitors (𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗙 for the in-crowd). We reckon we have 5 important features the competitors lack. Now, I am only going to share you one of these – you don’t want to give too many ideas. Yesterday, Shipsonic's team visited Dethon (who assemble our units). It was wonderful to see many and many of our competitive advantages standing ready for packing.There they were shining, with sharp edges: our 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺-𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗮

What a great graphic. So clearly and accessibly explained. Well done Selamawit Alemayehu! Shipsonic particularly hopes that the graphic makes it clear that we are more than box-coolers. Here you can access our brochure on 'non-boxcooler applications' https://lnkd.in/dqkt4Hr4. Basically, if you need to prevent fouling on any seawater exposed part, get in touch. We will assess honestly if we can keep it clean - we will also make it clear if other solutions are more appropriate

This wonderful building full of curved shapes, suits our Travel Transducer very well. Shipsonic may not design iconic buildings, we definitely designed something that works very well on round surfaces. If you want to protect your water intake pipe, we only need you to send us the outer diameter (or the outer circumference) of the pipe and we will custom-make the installation rings and the transducer, to exactly fit seemlessly on your curvy parts. It can be on your bow (stern)

Wat een dilemma: twee belangrijke beurzen op hetzelfde moment: Maritime Industry en Posidonia. Shipsonic kreeg het voor mekaar. We hadden fantastisch team op beide beurzen. Toon van de Sande MA, met waarschijnlijk een halve eeuw ervaring in de Nederlandse scheepvaart en vooral een goede bekende in de binnenvaart stond samen met Theresa Thin, een nieuwkomer in de scheepvaart maar nu al met enorme kennis over de ultrasone antifouling technologie en haar toepassingen. Dit team i

It is wonderful for Shipsonic to connect with so many captains, fleet managers, shipping companies and maritime researchers at this sophisticated trade show. Our stand has a real ultrasonic vibe and attracts many genuinely interested people. Two more days to go, looking forward to meeting you there at our stand 3.167 as part of GET STC LTD stand. Here a few photos. #Posidonia2026 #fouling #antifouling #USAF

𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 2026 We promised our clients and contacts; our Shipsonic stand at GET STC LTD 3.167 offers you a great chance to familiarize with ultrasonic. We have a full system (MDP10-6) available at the stand with two connected transducers. On this video you can see how the transducer vibrates and makes a pattern in the salt grains on a metal tray. Please visit us to see the intricate show and also see how it installs on a box-cooler, just an ex