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Cruise
Maintain optimal hull performance on every voyage
Cruise ships face a complex operational reality: strict port turnarounds, sensitive marine environments, and high baseline energy loads. Hullbot’s autonomous grooming fits seamlessly into routine port stays, eliminating biofouling before it takes root.
Why it matters
Limited cleaning window and options in ports lead to growth of macrofouling. This increases biosecurity risk, leads to turned-away vessels, forced cleaning diversions and masive compensation costs.
Biofouling drag forces engines to burn significantly more fuel just to stay on schedule, rapidly inflating operational expenditures.
Eliminating hydrodynamic drag maintains peak hull efficiency, delivering direct fuel savings, typically 8–15% and reducing overall daily energy burn.
Hullbot and Cruise
We groom around your scheduled port calls
We control early-stage fouling, minimising biosecurity risk and transfer of invasive species
We provide regular monitoring of underwater hull condition
We clean propeller and niche areas
We provide cleaning and inspection records
We handle port authority and relevant regulatory approvals
We help you maintain or improve the CII operational ratings and support corporate sustainability targets.
Proven results
15% average fuel savings from proactive grooming, from over 2,500 hull grooming missions.