In-water cleaning made easy. The affordable, reliable & robust ROV for efficient cleaning of commercial vessels and barges

The HULLROVER will help you grow your in-water cleaning business. And ease the toll on fuel and climate for everyone

Robust & Reliable

The HullROVER combines great user experience with a robust build for handling tought underwater conditions, ensuring consistent performance every time.

Cost Effective

By using off-the-self components we have lowered the operational costs and ensured world wide availibility on spare parts.

100% reclaim on waste

Our debris collection system enables full waste reclaim and guarantees compliance with existing and future environmental rules and legislations.

Specs

Powerful & lightweight

Price
€230,000 euro

Dimensions
1520 mm × 950 mm × 360 mm (L × W × H)

Weight
Weight in air 200 kg

Operational constraints
Fully operational in up to 2 knots of current

Umbilical
100 m bundled umbilical

Power requirements
400 VAC, 50 Hz, 22 A

Navigational support
2 cameras, IMU sensor, acoustic sensors

Footprints
Each filter unit approx. 1.2 m × 1.2 m

Cleaning speed
500–600 m²/hour

Cleaning Method
800mm long cyllinder brushes

Full reclaim
Debris collection 200 l/min

Modular filtration option
50µm/10µm

Easy to operate, affordable to maintain

Our design is easy to operate, just follow our simple user guide and you are up and running in no time. The HULLROVER robot uses various off-the-shelf products in innovative and significantly simpler ways. It is therefore 50-75% cheaper than other cleaning robots, making it economically viable for the many service providers engaged in underwater cleaning operations at ports across the globe.

Our mission

We believe in providing technology that delivers top-tier results without breaking the bank.

Impact

It is our ambition to expand the operational window of IWC allowing cleaning to continue in stronger currents and with a longer duration than possible with divers. We expect to improve productivity 2-3 fold and free divers to clean the curvatures, propeller or niches.

HullROVER IWC in 2032

million tons CO2 less greenhouse gases

Fewer introduced species

Sustainability

The importance of Biofouling Management

The IMO GloFouling Partnerships say it clearly: “The presence of invasive aquatic species (IAS) may cause damage to marine ecosystems and infrastructure as well as economic losses, and pose risk to human health. Shipping and other mobile structures are pathways for the transfer of IAS through biofouling. Maintaining immersed structures clean from biofouling will minimize the risk of introduction and further spread of IAS. To this effect IMO took early action in 2011 and published the Biofouling Guidelines, which are the main global reference on how to manage biofouling effectively on all types of ships.

Additionally in 2018, IMO Member States adopted resolution MEPC.304(72) on the IMO strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping by at least 50% by 2050. Maintaining the ship’s hull and propeller clean from biofouling translates into operational efficiencies and reduced GHG emissions, which will help achieving decarbonization of shipping.

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Sustainability

Making a difference

Decent work and economic growth

Target 8.8 talks about “promote safe and secure working environments for all workers”, and the HullROVER is a good example of a robot that does not eradicate the human work but takes on the tedious and unsafe parts Target 8.3 also emphasizes to “encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises”, which is the core companies of HullROVERs market

Climate action

Target 13.2 encourages all countries to integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning, which is HullROVERs objective on the level of companies

Life below water

Target 14.1 is to prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, and the HullROVER reduces introduction of alien species. On the longer term a reduced use of toxic agents in antifouling paints will remove chemical pollution. Target 14.2 also emphasizes the need to sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, which is a core objective of removing biofouling