Our mission is to make sustainable hull cleaning available and affordable worldwide — using the UN Sustainable Development Goals as our compass. Below, you can see the goals we're working towards, and the progress we're already making.

Turning impact into action – through the SDGs

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  • UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 poster with a brown background, white number 12, bold white text saying 'Responsible Consumption and Production,' and an infinity symbol with arrows.
  • Icon representing United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action, with an eye symbol and a globe illustration.
  • Blue infographic indicating sustainable development goal 14: Life Below Water, symbolized by a fish and waves.
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Impact Tracker

Our impact status to date:

4,200,000 tons CO₂ saved Goal: 100,000,000

To Do:

ECOsubsea is committed to offering a cleaning solution that is not only sustainable, but also faster, safer, and more affordable than polluting open-loop systems – driving a real shift in industry behavior.
While ECOsubsea does not use chemicals, it inherits them from antifouling coatings. With a five-layer filtration system, continuous testing and experimentation, they aim to eliminate chemical emissions and find circular solutions for the captured waste.
So far, ECOsubsea has helped the shipping industry save over 4.2 million tons of CO₂ by reducing fuel consumption through effective biofouling removal – without damaging hull coating or using chemicals. Our goal is to help the industry reach 100 million tons in avoided emissions.
By capturing over 97% of cleaning debris, ECOsubsea prevents the release of invasive species, heavy metals and plastics into local ecosystems – helping restore marine health and biodiversity.
ECOsubsea collects and shares real-world data, participates in environmental initiatives, and engages with global regulators to help shape effective and science-based policies in the maritime industry.
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Seeing the whole picture

The Problem

Biofouling => more fuel => higher emissions
Invasive species spreading globally
Conventional cleaning releases plastic and toxins

Our Solution

Chemical-free
No divers needed = safe for humans
Market leading capture performance
Secure disposal of contaminated waste
Reduces GHGs through fuel savings

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The 2023 Guidelines for the control and management of ships' biofouling to minimize the transfer of invasive aquatic species (Biofouling Guidelines) (resolution MEPC.378(80)) are intended to provide a globally consistent approach to the management of biofouling, which is the accumulation of various aquatic organisms on ships’ hulls. The Biofouling Guidelines were originally adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at its sixty-second session in July 2011 and were the result of three years of consultation between IMO Member States; following a thorough review that also took three years, the revised Guidelines were adopted by the MEPC at its eightieth session in July 2023. The Biofouling Guidelines represent a decisive step towards reducing the transfer of invasive aquatic species by ships.

Invasive aquatic species 

To protect marine life and reach SDG 14, we must understand the risks posed by invasive species – and why action matters.

The introduction of invasive aquatic species to new environments by ships has been identified as a major threat to the world’s oceans and to the conservation of biodiversity. A multitude of marine species, carried either in ships’ ballast water or on ships’ hulls, may survive to establish a reproductive population in the host environment, becoming invasive, out-competing native species and multiplying into pest proportions.

The problem of invasive species carried by ships has intensified over the last few decades due to the expanded trade and traffic volume and, since the volumes of seaborne trade continue to increase, the problem may not yet have reached its peak. The effects in many areas of the world have been devastating. Quantitative data show that the rate of bio-invasions is continuing to increase at an alarming rate and new areas are being invaded all the time.

The spread of invasive species is now recognized as one of the greatest threats to the ecological and the economic well-being of the planet and one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss. These species are causing enormous damage to biodiversity and the valuable natural riches of the earth upon which we depend. Direct and indirect health effects are becoming increasingly serious and the damage to the environment is often irreversible. Moreover, significant economic impact occurs to industries that depend on the coastal and marine environment, such as tourism, aquaculture and fisheries, as well as costly damage to infrastructure.

Source citation: IMO – the International Maritime Organization