Hull Surface Treatment (HST) technology is a new environmentally friendly hull cleaning technology for treating the growth on a ship's hull.

It uses no chemicals, detergents or substances which are foreign or harmful to the marine environment. HST instantly kills growth which is then abraded in open seas.
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June 2011 –
The Royal Australian Navy has selected HST as a significant contributor to their STRATEGIC REFORM PROGRAM. The SRP is all about changing the way the Australian Navy operate in order to produce savings so that this money can be reinvested in procuring/upgrading various assets.

The “Greening of the Navy and Ports” conference was another opportunity to present HST to the US Navy as an immediate solution for their hull fouling problems. If HST were to be applied to the American Naval Fleet over the next few months, it would save the US Navy many millions of dollars in fuel and reduce their green house gas emissions by many thousands of tons.

Under the leadership of Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, the U.S. Navy is leading the way within the Department of Defense with its sustainability initiative and commitment to the Greening of the Navy. Each of Southern California's main ports (Long Beach, Los Angeles, and San Diego) also hold strong commitments to the established environmental protection programs dedicated to improving and maintaining air and water quality while ensuring the protection of endangered wildlife. Taken together, this represents considerable opportunity, both economic and environmental.

The Maritime Alliance hosted a one-day event on the "Greening of the Navy & Ports" and covered the following objectives:
• Educate the community about various sustainability initiatives along the coast
• Promote development of sustainability initiatives to assist the Navy and the Ports in achieving their goals
• Showcase technologies that can help the Navy and the Ports meet their ambitious objectives, both on shore and afloat
• Facilitate networking and foster dialog among Navy, Ports, technologists, researchers and industry to lead to further collaboration on "green projects".

The U.S. Navy has established ambitious goals to reduce fossil fuel usage and invest in energy research and new projects so that by 2020 half of all the energy used - both afloat and ashore - will come from alternative sources. Furthermore, a mandatory evaluation of energy factors will be put into effect when awarding future contracts for systems and buildings.

The Conference was well attended with representatives from many industries and from a number of departments within the US Navy. HST generated considerable interest.