𝗙𝗢𝗪𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆

Shipsonic attended the FOWT 2026 as part of Maritime & Offshore NL stand.

We learned:

• The floating wind energy is still in its early stage, with few installations operational and still a lot of design, development and testing ongoing.

• Some of the floaters are built in concrete (making them unsuitable for our ultrasonic anti-fouling) but the majority continues to be built in metal.

• There are, however, numerous other aspects of the floating wind where fouling is a clear problem and our system can help:

o Some jackets of the lines that stabilise and fix the floaters to the seabed – do need to stay clean

o The inspection platforms and jetties, in general all parts where people will walk which are in the splash zone (and therefore suffer biofilm formation) must be clean for basic safety

o Observation buoys need to stay clean

o All vessels associated with floating wind parks, from crew transport to installation, need fouling protection

We are talking to many of the actors in floating offshore. It may be several years before this becomes big, but once it starts, it will be huge for Shipsonic.

Eric C., Chiel de Wit, Maret Reinders