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10 November 2026

The dirty secret of shipping’s clean hull ambitions

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The dirty secret of shipping’s clean hull ambitions

Hull fouling drives up fuel bills and emissions, yet ports increasingly restrict the very cleaning operations needed to tackle it. The missing piece is a global network of places where ships can safely get cleaned. Alex Byelyavtsev explains. A dirty hull burns more fuel. Cleaning reduces resistance and emissions.

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