Under the agreement Hullwiper will provide cleaning services for Equinor's fleet trading in Scandinavia, Far East, Middle East and Europe. The service uses an ROV to clean the vessel's hull and there is no need to use divers, reducing the risks involved, and meaning cleaning can be carried out at any time of day or night.
The shipping industry is facing increasingly strict rules related to bio-fouling. “We help ship owners and operators to act proactively to comply with ever more stringent rules and regulations governing the entry of vessels into ports and operations offshore,” commented Simon Duran, md of HullWiper.
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HullWiper currently operates in Sweden, Singapore, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Egypt, Australia, Gibraltar and the UAE, and will start operations in Panama and Mauritius in the second quarter of the year.
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