ECOsubsea scrubs ship slime to save the seas

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ECOsubsea scrubs ship slime to save the seas

ECOsubsea cleans the "bio-fouling,"  i.e. accumulated sea slime on hulls, that makes ships less efficient and threatens ocean ecosystems.

ECOsubsea cleans the "bio-fouling,"  i.e. accumulated sea slime on hulls, that makes ships less efficient and threatens ocean ecosystems. At the end of 2020 there were an estimated 62,100 vessels plying the oceans, all of them picking up microorganisms, plants, algae and small animals as they travel. This growth on ships, known as “biofouling,” means less efficiency, more shipping fuel and more greenhouse gas emissions. It also means that species are transported from one location to another, often causing invasive impacts on native ocean life, more so as the oceans…

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