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GLOBAtech Newsroom · ENVSonic · HullSonicThe maritime industry is in the middle of the largest regulatory shift in a generation. EU ETS, EU MRV, and FuelEU Maritime on the European side. CII grading, the 2023 IMO biofouling guidelines (MEPC.378(80)), and the IMO Net-Zero Framework moving toward formal adoption on the IMO side. Australian and New Zealand biosecurity regimes layered on top. The throughline across all of them is hull condition — and the operational economics of keeping it clean.
This is where we write about it. Customer milestones from across our installed base of 1,000+ vessels. Technology updates from the ENVS2 platform. Reflections from almost two decades on real boats. And regulatory commentary that takes the operator’s perspective — not the vendor’s.
If you’re a fleet operator, shipyard engineer, distributor, or analyst tracking smart ultrasonic antifouling, this is the page worth bookmarking.
Clean hulls first.
An honest letter on maritime decarbonisation, the limits of alternative fuels, and the work we still have to do at GLOBAtech. Public commitment, no marketing.
Workboat Show, New Orleans 2025
The largest commercial workboat trade show in North America — and a clear sign that the smart-system conversation has crossed the Atlantic. We exhibited alongside the Australian Marine Export Group (AIMEX), met operators across the Gulf and inland markets, and came home with a sharper read on where the US workboat segment is heading.
METSTrade Amsterdam 2025: HullSonic Year Two
Year two at METSTrade with the HullSonic brand. A different conversation than 2024 — and a different conversion rate. Here’s what we saw on the leisure floor, and how those conversations reshape what we bring back to METSTrade in 2026.
HullSonic MAX: CleanAHull is now part of the HullSonic family
CleanAHull is being unified into the HullSonic product family as the HullSonic MAX range. Same engineering, same manufacturing, same field support — simpler naming. Existing customers retain full warranty and service continuity.
Modular by Design: Inside ENVSonic’s 18-Channel Cabinet Build for a Cochin Shipyard Newbuild
Two 18-channel ENVSonic cabinets, built around our 6-channel DIN-mount architecture, recently went out to a Service Operation Vessel newbuild at Cochin Shipyard in India. A short look inside the build — and at why the modular architecture behind these cabinets is one of the quieter advantages of the ENVS1 platform.
Nor-Shipping 2025 with NGP: Working the Floor in Oslo
Nor-Shipping in Oslo is one of the world’s most influential maritime gatherings — and the Northern European market is one of the most important for the IMO 2030 transition. Working the floor alongside our partner NGP let us land the ENVSonic story directly with the operators, charterers, and yards that will shape the next decade of European shipping.
Globa.tech partners with Nordic Green Products to expand ENVSonic reach
GLOBA.tech is proud to announce our partnership with Nordic Green Products (NGP), a Norwegian leader in eco-friendly maritime maintenance solutions. NGP will now offer our ENVSonic ultrasonic antifouling system as part...
Solving a High-Growth Problem: ENVSonic on Sealink’s Bruny Island Ferries
Two relatively new Ro-Pax ferries on one of Tasmania’s most iconic routes. About a year into service, they were running into a biofouling growth problem that conventional measures weren’t holding back. Sealink brought us in to fix it. We did. A short note on what the project taught us about ferry fouling — and about how retrofit ENVSonic actually works.
HullSonic at METSTrade Amsterdam 2024: Industrial-Grade Ultrasonic for the Leisure Market
Three days at the world’s largest leisure marine equipment show — presenting HullSonic, our recreational and light-commercial brand, and what happens when seventeen years of commercial-grade engineering shows up at a recreational price point.HullSonic at METSTrade Amsterdam 2024: Industrial-Grade Ultrasonic for the Leisure Market
PSA Marine Fleet Milestone
From two RAmparts 2400W tugs in 2021 to a multi-class deployment exceeding 25 protected vessels — how PSA Marine made ENVSonic standard fitment across their growing tug fleet.
MRL Resources: Four 184m stationary processing barges
Four newbuild 184m stationary processing barges. Built at COSCO. Now permanent fixtures in Australian waters. A year on, this is the story of how ENVSonic protected MRL Resources’ barges through build, delivery, and the long stationary deployment that followed — and what it taught us about ultrasonic antifouling on the hardest fouling environment in commercial maritime: assets that don’t move at all.
Proud to Have Been Part of It: The MRL Resources Barge Delivery from COSCO
Some projects stay with you not because of the size of the contract, but because of the size of the assets. A short reflection on the MRL Resources 184m barge build at COSCO Shipyard — and what it meant to be the smart ultrasonic antifouling specified onto every one of them.
Globatech Name launch
Blue Ice Company Pty Ltd goes about a name change to better represent the direction of the company. Incorporated in 2006 for technological development in the marine industry Blue Ice Co initially spent 3 years in...
Ultrasonic Antifouling Advancements
After the huge success with CleanABoat Advanced Ultrasonic Antifouling we have commenced work on what will be once again the market leading product in the field. Focusing on centralising the smarts of our control...