Shipsonic is grateful to the Provincie Zeeland for selecting its proposal 'Clean Ships without toxicants'. With the allocated funds we will be able to implement a feasibility study. Our direct business partners in the project are: Kooiman Marine Group Dethon Mark v.d. Endt Holding BV (the famous metal design genius from Goes) The crucial knowledge partners are: Stichting Zeeschelp Wageningen University & Research Yerseke We are grateful to @Martien Beeke, Jonathan De Keer, @

We feel humbled - an audience of 350 export experts selected Shipsonic as most promising export company for OHMF 2026 All 10 winners of the Oranje Handelsmissiefonds got to pitch their company in 30 seconds. That is really short. Our text was: 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙠𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨, 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮..... 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝. 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙖𝙣

Yeah!!! Hartstikke leuk dat Maritime & Offshore de eerste waren die Anne Marie van Swinderen feliciteerden. Er waren überhaupt best veel maritieme mensen op dit export event. Wij willen hierbij alle MKB leden van Maritime & Offshore aanmoedigen om voor deze Oranje Handelsmissiefonds prijs zich op te geven. Op dit event waren veel deelnemers van vorige jaren die allemaal heel enthousiast waren over alle voordelen die ze hadden gekregen dankzij dit programma.

The Oranje Handelsmissiefonds selected yesterday the 10 winning companies to receive support with exporting. Shipsonic is pleased that it was one out of 10 companies (of 250 applicants) who will get the support from embassies, transport, financial strategy, investors, communications and many other companies to hugely grow its exporting abilities. You can see the 10 winners on the OHMF website https://lnkd.in/eWPMrct and also RVO (the Netherlands Enterprise Agency) made an off

Shipsonic is looking forward to an incredible programme by PortXL. Next week Theresa Thin and Anne Marie van Swinderen will spend three days in a jam-packed full programme that will take us to the next level. It will be great. Thank you Mitja Caboni and Imke Greven

Shipsonic's two person delegation to the PortPIC conference came back to work recharged. Anne Marie van Swinderen's top paper was by Pascal Guth of Danish Technology Institute. particularly his interesting findings around having to balance between soft and hard cleaning. Too soft cleaning risks not removing all the biofilm and the fouling regrowing fast. Too hard cleaning risks damaging the coating and also leads to regrowing fast. Altogether the biofouling reestablished much

Last week Shipsonic Director, Chiel de Wit, and Business Development Officer, Anne Marie van Swinderen, attended PortPIC by VB conferences COMPIT HullPIC HIPER PortPIC. PortPIC is an interesting institution. A conference where all participants attend all the sessions, with very active participation and good discussions. But the most exciting is this: no promotory, self-inflating presentations. You barely are allowed to put your logo on your slide-show. All this is managed wit

1 out of 4 Indian-owned vessels in our analysis have a box-cooler cooling system. Surprises from India market research-1 As part of our market research on India, we have been analysing the cooling systems used across different types of vessels. One of the most interesting findings is the significant presence of box coolers. Our analysis shows roughly: • 40% plate coolers • 25% shell-and-tube coolers • 25% box coolers • 10% keel coolers We normally hear ‘no, there are hardly a

Carsten Rehder signed a Framework Agreement with Shipsonic. Shipsonic will provide the ultrasonic anti-fouling protection for the box-coolers on the twelve new-built CORAL 7500. Shipsonic feels the deal is extra special due to the name CORAL. With ultrasonic anti-fouling coral reefs will get a chance to recuperate, which alternative anti-fouling prevents. It was a great meeting at SMM where Fabian G., Commercial Director of Carsten Rehder met with Chiel de Wit, Director and

I don't normally share sunsets on a professional profile (or anywhere else really). But this one is different. The sun setting with the silhouettes of two vessels. The sky showing upheaval rather than the normal sunset calms and romantic stuff. It is quite an experience being here in Lithuania. We also travelled close to the Kaliningrad border, saw the border crossing at Panemune with only people walking across. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖

It was so busy, we realize now that we didn't take enough photos. At least this important photo with TX Marine Messsysteme GmbH's team, Nadine Paschen and Alexandra Leuschner shows you our energetic German agents. We will have some installations in German shipyards soon. If you want to have a presentation at your offices, October would be a good option. 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝! #ultrasonicantifouling #TXmarine #Shipsonic #USAF #Germany

It was great to see so many of the Shipsonic team: Hans Stolk at NRF Thermal Engineering Solutions A4-315 and the great NRF team was out in full force Always active Birgit Van de Wijgaart at GET STC LTD so welcoming at A4-346 Then Alexandra Leuschner of TX Marine Messsysteme GmbH with passion showing our radius transducer alongside their great Torx meter. It is definitely worth visiting the at B6-256.

It was an excellent first day at SMM for Shipsonic: + Many many visitors at NRF booth A4-315 + great talk by Chiel de Wit - the burden of proof + our German agent TX Marine Messsysteme GmbH B6-256 got so many leads, due to their much visited stand + our Greek agent GET STC LTD A4-346 is attending to a steady flow of esteemed client explaining our system. Our partner Multi Solutions AS also had two visitors who she sent on to Anne Marie van Swinderen A highlight was our meet

Make sure to meet the Shipsonic HQ team directly (Anne Marie van Swinderen, Chiel de Wit) or come and meet us through our trusted partners at: 📍 Hall A4 / 315 – NRF Thermal Engineering Solutions 📍 Hall B6 / 256 – TX Marine Messsysteme GmbH 📍 Hall A4 / 346 – GET STC / Turbo General Looking forward to meeting you at SMM 2026! 🤝 #SMM2026 #SMMHamburg #Shipsonic #Maritime #MarineTechnology

Shipsonic's Chiel de Wit will be part of @Netherlands pavillion programme and share how conclusive research on ultrasonic anti-fouling took years and findings included some big surprises. Maritime & Offshore NL has organized a great set of speakers for afternoon of the first SMM day: Together with nC Protect and AlbatrosDigital we will get onto the stage to present the insights from Wageningen University and Stichting Zeeschelp research. We will show you how designing a test

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟭: 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱? The truth and untruth about ultrasonic anti-fouling - 21 While we are sure that our system is the best in the market, Shipsonic is still NOT relaxing. We keep on improving, we keep on trialing if other versions have advantages. Our clients love this. They can tell us how things could work better for them. The

It is important to be part of initiatives where different actors come together and learn from each other and in a collaborative way can help the sector progress to the future. We consider our membership of Green Marine to give us a chance to contribute to a greener future. Pedro Sousa de Jesus has been the force behind this membership. Thank you!!

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻? 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 - 20 - For designing an offer for a specific vessel, we need to know the acoustics of the set of structures that our client needs protecting. We need to have the technical drawings of pipe-work, the material, the thicking of the

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭9: 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰? 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 - 19 - Shipsonic offers serious guarantees: 5 years on the control units, 2 years on the transducers (converters). Why? Well, hardly ever anything breaks or fails. Because it is a modular system we only need to replace, very occasionally, individual components. It is truly plug-and-play so r

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟴: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺? 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 Shipsonic knows: when a problem is found during dry-docking, it needs to be solved almost immediately. One extra day in dry-dock (or the shipyard) can cause huge costs, both for the dry dock/the place in the shipyard and for delaying or missing the next assig

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: Hall A4 / 315 at NRF Thermal Engineering Solutions stand - Hans Stolk (full system, installed on an NRF box-cooler) Hall B6 / 256 TX Marine Messsysteme GmbH - Alexandra Leuschner (radius transducer and information) Hall A4 / 346 GET STC LTD / Turbo General, Birgit Van de Wijgaart (radius transducer and information) Feel free to contact me via phone or WhatsApp to make

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟳: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆? 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 - 17 - Chiel de Wit explains that ultrasonic anti-fouling works, disregarding the vessel moving or not, with engines on or off, as long as it has conti

Which of our contacts are at Navalshore? Pay a visit to MCP Marine at stand C-18. You can admire our control unit, two connected transducers (see, hear and feel them!) as well as a radius transducer suitable for curved surfaces. Please ask for André M. and/or Lethicia Periard who attend to all your questions. Wishing you all a wonderful Navalshore Greetings from Shipsonic

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 - 16 - It has been a long wait, but Chiel de Wit is back with his short insights that will help all who suffer fouling to move on and better protect their vessels. 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀? All these dip switches, options to instruct a system at distance, over the internet, AI managed systems.... We hear all these ambitious promises on the market. Shipsonic avoids m

When you have a Shipsonic system on board, make sure it doesn't sound like a 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗲. If our transducers make a lot of noise, they are not properly screwed on. This means that they don't make proper contact with the item that needs to be protected against fouling. The strong torque means the ultrasonic sound and vibration is properly transferred. It will then sound like a 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. Then Shipsonic can do its 🅐🅝🅣🅘-🅕🅞🅤🅛🅘🅝🅖 🅜🅐🅖🅘🅒.

Shipsonic often gets feedback from clients and even some agents 'those vessels don't have box-coolers, so that is not for Shipsonic'. Shipsonic works extremely well for plate coolers. We are particularly successful at plate coolers due to our custom-made radius transducers. This means that we machine the transducer sound cone and the welding ring to exactly match the outer diameter (which defines the curve) so that everything fits perfectly. Even for very large strainers, wh

A quick phone call on Wednesday, from Rohde Nielsen. We are dry docking now, in Vlissingen. We are unhappy with the ICAF performance. Can you deliver your system by next Wednesday? You are so nearby. Well, we actually were in Delfzijl at that moment, diagonally the other end of The Netherlands. We cancelled our meetings. We drove home. The client meanwhile sent all the technical drawings and specifications. Same night Rohde Nielsen received a quote for their good vessel, the

We get around 200 views for each. However, some see one video, want to see the others and can't easily find them. As per special request, here all first 15 videos together. You can now see them all together via Shipsonic 'news' https://lnkd.in/ea3hKynu Or go straight to the YouTube videos: Question 1: Some claim that ultrasonic anti-fouling can clean a surface of marine growth. What is Shipsonic’s view on that? https://lnkd.in/ecG28dZV Question 2: Some claim that mussels, ba

Shipsonic is visiting several vessels in Portugal to understand their engine cooling systems, under the great guidance of Pedro Sousa de Jesus. We most often install on box-coolers, but the fouling issues on vessels using plate coolers are just as interesting and definitely treatable with the Shipsonic ultrasonic anti-fouling systems. The past few days we have seen short-sea container vessels, bulk carriers and other vessels, each with their fouling issues. The mussel is typ

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸? 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 - 15 - We sometimes hear that something has “worked for 70% of the time”, or that “it works most of the time”. For Shipsonic, if a system doesn’t work fully it doesn’t work at all. We work closely with mussel farming experts. They can tell you how hard it is to grow mussels, which means that mussel fouling is something that often won’t happen at a

Shipsonic is currently selling almost all its systems in just two countries. The maritime industry by definition goes beyond national boundaries. We want to get traction in more countries. Already the nomination (1 of 30 SME companies) gives us access to great export support services: Netherlands Enterprise Agency Coach support us to identify our needs Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Min. Foreign Affairs) will open its trade support network to us evofenedex gives us a yea

It is a great honour for Shipsonic to have been chosen as the most reliable, environmentally friendly and robust anti-fouling for box-coolers. We appreciate the selection process by Van Wijngaarden Marine Services B.V., Kooiman Marine Group and NRF (Nederlandse Radiateuren Fabriek) and we are proud to be part of the Rijnstroom project. Special thanks to Jan Willem Janné and @Martien Beeke. #competitiveprocurement #boxcoolers #ultrasonicantifouling #usaf #marinegrowthpreventi

Finally we received our latest batch of the Ultra Tester© version 1.4.2026. Ever wonder how much sound your ultrasonic anti-fouling actually delivers? The Shipsonic designed (very much by Chiel de Wit), built and copy-right protected device can measure the SPL - Sound Pressure Level. We use this to check if the ultrasonic sound from our transducers is properly transferred into the object we need to protect against fouling. #SPL #soundpressurelevel #effectivenessmeasurement #U

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 - 14 - Metal fatigue, is it a problem when ultrasonic transducers constantly transfer a high-frequency vibration into a object? While Shipsonic has monitored very carefully on all its installations, even some cases that have been running for more than 10 years, it never observed any metal fatigue. The tube bundles on box-coolers and particularly the thin metal horizontal support pl

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 - 13 - We get this question so often. As Chiel de Wit explains: if a fishing vessel has fish finders, net management equipment, or a platform supply vessel has a dynamic position system, it may cause interference with Shipsonic continuous ultrasonic sound. To solve this, Shipsonic has a piece of software which can instruct individual systems to skip the specific ultrasonic frequenc

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 12 - Hulls - yes, we can absolutely protect your hulls. It is even straightforward for Shipsonic, to do so. However, however, we install only a small portion of our systems on hulls. Why is that? Two reasons: It requires a very large number of transducers, roughly 2 transducers between frames, on port and starboard. That comes to 4 transducers every 600mm or so. We need to be a

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 - 11 - BOX-COOLERS - Shipsonic is in the middle of an intense box-cooler debate. A few large shipping companies are moving away from box-coolers. Either they revert to plate-coolers, or they switch to keel coolers. Why are some in the maritime industry unhappy with box-coolers? There are so many advantages to box-coolers, how can the disadvantages make them unattractive to some? Th

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.