Normally a ship must have her hull scraped every six to 18 months. But the new paint, developed by the Navy’s Bureau of Ships, keeps a ship’s bottom whistle-clean for two to five years.

A big ship can pick up 30 tons of encrusted barnacles a year, slowing its progress through the sea. Thus, in the words of a university researcher, "barnacles are fouling organisms." ...

"Why are ships red on the bottom," has been asked and answered many times but I really liked the animations in this particular explainer video. And, I also hadn't ever really thought about ship ...

If you've spent much time around ships, you might have noticed they're often painted red just below the water line. What's the reasoning behind this?

Ever noticed strange buildup on the bottom of a ship and wondered what it is? That stuff clinging to the hull is called biofouling—a collection of marine organisms like barnacles, algae, mussels ...

Barnacles are the bane of all boat owners. ... They may make their home on a rock, ship bottom, whale or other animal like a crab or mussel. These barnacles are sessile, ...

A little fact precious to ship operators was reported last week by Western Reserve University’s Professor John Paul Visscher upon his return to Cleveland from two months among the Tortugas ...

A good crew is needed to keep vessels in ship shape. But time spent in the water takes its toll on a yacht's exterior. When that happens, it's time to call in the barnacle busters.

So if you own a ship and want to stop this from happening, you have, broadly speaking, two options, says Salta: either a biocide-based coating or a fouling-release coating.