Subsea Industries

Hydrex recently executed an urgent underwater rudder repair operation on a 120-meter trawler experiencing a critical defect with its flap rudder while operating off...

founded by Boud Van Rompay in 1983 with a simple and clear goal: clean rivers, seas and oceans. In his work in Subsea Industries’ sister company, Hydrex, Boud had uncovered the true state of pollution of the sediment and water columns around the world. He traced much of the polluted state of these waters to the toxic antifouling paint used on ships. These contain copper, zinc and other heavy metals as well as other biocides such as pesticides and herbicides.

At the start of 2016, the inside of a scrubber was coated with Subsea Industries  Ecospeed for the first time. Since then, the coating...

When the 4700dwt Eeva VG docked in Naantali, Finland last month, the Ecospeed coating on its hull was still in excellent condition. The ship...