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Project write-ups, trial results and research notes from the people running the jobs.
From ROV Controls to a Remote Job in Sydney: Nine Months at MarineStream
Nine months from no practical experience to flying ROVs, running filtration systems and joining an inspection in Sydney from a desk in Perth.
The Preventive Advantage: Biofouling Management in a Warming Ocean
Warmer water is accelerating fouling and corrosion, which makes fixed maintenance intervals a bad bet.
Inspecting Hulls Without a Drydock: What the Fremantle Ports Trial Showed
A trial with Fremantle Ports and DPIRD: a full pre-clean hull inspection in 45 minutes, with nobody in the water.
Beyond the Surface: What Environmental Protection Looks Like at Industrial Scale
Moving from recreational diving to ROV operations, and finding out how much ocean protection work happens out of sight.
Clean Hulls, Clear Waters: The Case for Proactive Biofouling Management
IMO MEPC.378(80) and the business case for proactive biofouling management.
The Hull Truth: New Research Puts a Number on Marine Growth
University of Melbourne research puts hard numbers on the fuel penalty from hull fouling, and what operators can do about it.
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