Hull Cleaned In Water
(N.Z. Press Association)
AUCKLAND, May 13.
A new method of cleaning a ship’s hull while the vessel is still in the water was tested on the inter-island trader Tofua yesterday.
A 15in diameter brush with nylon bristles was fitted to a pneumatic rotary tool supplied with air from a compressor. Two divers carried out the work. The cleaning work, which can be done while the vessel is still being loaded, removes 7.5 per cent of the fouling on the hull.
The method was developed in Marseilles.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31987, 14 May 1969, Page 32
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