In Trosa Marina there is a boat-washer, which scrubs off the fouling on boat hulls. Thanks to the boat-washer, the boat-owners do not have to use environmentally-hazardous anti fouling paints anymore.
Maritime support systems
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The need of reducing the CO2 emissions and the increasing oil prices that affect the maritime industry fostered Yves Parlier to launch the project “beyond the sea®” dedicated to the development of kite auxiliary propulsion devices. The team is composed of several engineers researchers and students from several engineering schools as well as professional kite surfers sailors and fishermen. The ultimate goal is install the system on a container ship of the company CMA-CGM in order to validate the system.