Sonihull expands into South Asia

Sonihull, the world’s leading ultrasonic antifouling system, hasappointed Aeromarine in Mumbai as an approved dealer forcommercial shippingand offshoreinstallations in South Asia.

“We are delighted to have appointed Aeromarine, as a distributor in South Asia,” says Darren Rowlands, CEO of Sonihull. “Aeromarine is considered to be one of the leading marine equipment specialists in the region and, with offices all along the Indian coast,has the ability to supply and service all kinds of applications in the region’s maritimesectors.”

1 & 2 Mercia Village, Torwood Close,WestwoodBusiness Park, Coventry,CV48HX, UKT: +44 (0)2476 105 150E:info@sonihull.comSHIPPING NEWSFitting is simple. There is no welding,cutting or drilling required and there are no expensive impressed current anodes to regularly replace. The mounting surface is cleaned back to flat, bare metal and the transducer mounting ring is epoxied to the cleansurface. Once the resin has set, the transducer is screwed into position to transmit a strong ultrasonic signal directly through the metal surface.

Microscopic ultrasound-induced cavitation disrupts the first stages of the food chain without damaging thesurface. Thisprevents the build-up of algae, slime and bigger,more complex organisms. The system is silent, self-monitoring and the movement of water on the protected surface prevents the adhesion of juvenile barnacles and mussels.

“In similar commercial applications, operators are saving up to 90% of their capital and maintenance costs when protecting raw seawater equipment like box coolers and sea chests with Sonihull instead of impressed-current antifouling systems,” added Rowlands. “Sonihull is a zero-harm solution. There are no poisons, or biocides leached into the marine environment, no microplastics are shed from ablative coatings and no toxic metallic ions are left in your wake.”