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Marine & Underwater

Ship hull cleaning

Short answer Published prices for ship hull cleaning run £25 per m² (1 price from 1 source, Gibraltar; newest dated Oct 2026). Every receipt is below.

Robotic in-water hull cleaning (often with debris capture) to cut fuel use.

People ask for this as: “hull cleaning robot”, “in-water hull cleaning”, “HullWiper”

Quick facts

Typical published range
£25 per m²
Price receipts
1 price from 1 source
Who does it
8 providers, 6 sell it as a service
Where
4 countries with a local provider: 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇬🇮 Gibraltar, 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Last updated · Cite this page

How it works

Robots used

  • Hull Cleaning Robot

Ways to buy it

  • Service — you pay for the outcome (one inspection, one show, X acres).
  • Rental — the machine for days or weeks.
  • Purchase Buy the robot (plus software and service plans, usually).

Bot or Not?

A robot makes sense when…

  • The job is high, dangerous, or hard to reach
  • It is huge or repetitive (acres, nights, square metres)
  • You need data you will compare over time
  • You need eyes on it right now

Hire a human when…

  • It is small, low and one-off
  • It needs hands, judgement or a repair
  • Weather, permits or timing make robots awkward
  • Nobody has defined the job yet

Here's the catch for this job

  • Robotic ROV work can replace diver teams for many inspections — ask for both quotes.
  • Hull cleaning with debris capture is required in more ports every year.

Rules of thumb, not a sales pitch. Take the Ladder Test →

What it costs

Published ranges, each with a receipt. Not quotes: your price depends on scope, location and date. older price = 18+ months.

GBP / m²linear scale · 2 receipts
  1. Robotic hull cleaning for yachts/vessels up to 50 m (Gibraltar) · GI£25upandclean.gi · Oct 2026
  2. Robotic underwater hull cleaning, vessels 6-50 m£25upandclean.gi · Oct 2026
The receipt as a table
WhatRangeUnitRegionReceipt
Robotic hull cleaning for yachts/vessels up to 50 m (Gibraltar)£25/ m²GIupandclean.gi
as of Oct 2026

Prices published by providers

WhatRangeUnitRegionReceipt
Robotic underwater hull cleaning, vessels 6-50 m
via Up & Clean
£25/ m²—upandclean.gi
as of Oct 2026

Dataset: Ship hull cleaning price receipts (Whirrwork). 1 published price for ship hull cleaning, each with its source link and as-of date. Old observations are kept, never overwritten. JSON · history JSON · all downloads · CC BY 4.0

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Price history

Only one observation per series so far: we started recording every price on 2026-10-25 and re-check every source on a schedule. A trend appears when a re-checked source shows a different price (we never overwrite old observations).

SeriesLatestObservationsObservedTrendReceipt
Robotic hull cleaning for yachts/vessels up to 50 m (Gibraltar)£25 / m²1Oct 25, 2026
✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026
—upandclean.gi
Robotic underwater hull cleaning, vessels 6-50 m
via Up & Clean
£25 / m²1Oct 25, 2026
✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026
—upandclean.gi

Sources re-checked: 2 of 2 series confirmed on the live source (last check Oct 25, 2026). Log: price_rechecks.jsonl

Append-only: we never overwrite a recorded price. JSON: /api/prices/history?use_case=hull-cleaning

What to specify and ask

Put these in your request and you'll get a real price instead of "it depends":

  1. Vessel type, length and hull coating
  2. Port rules on in-water cleaning and debris capture
  3. Location (port, offshore, inland water)
  4. Water depth
  5. Asset type (hull, pipeline, dam, cage)
  6. Visibility and currents
  7. Deliverables (video, sonar, NDT)
  8. Class society requirements
  9. Vessel availability

Rules and regulation

Underwater work may need class society approval (DNV, ABS, Lloyd's), port authority permission and environmental permits (e.g., hull cleaning capture rules).

General information, not legal advice. Rules change; ask the operator which permits they hold and verify them.

Providers who do this

Filters by headquarters or published service area.

HullWiper

🇦🇪 AE Serves global

UAE-based diver-less hull cleaning ROV service.

  • Service
  • Public quote page
  • 2 jobs
  • Oct 25, 2026

Hullbot

🇦🇺 AU Serves AU

Australian robotic hull cleaning for boats.

  • Service
  • 1 job
  • Oct 25, 2026

Jotun HullSkater

🇳🇴 NO Serves global

Jotun's proactive hull cleaning robot.

  • RaaS
  • Public quote page
  • 1 job
  • Oct 25, 2026

SeaRobotics

🇺🇸 US Serves global

US maker of hull robots and USVs.

  • Purchase
  • Public quote page
  • 2 jobs
  • Oct 25, 2026

Armach Robotics

🇺🇸 US Serves US

US hull robotics services company.

  • Service
  • Public quote page
  • 2 jobs
  • Oct 25, 2026
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Shipshave

🇳🇴 NO Serves global

Norwegian crew-operated hull cleaning robot.

  • Purchase
  • Service
  • Public quote page
  • 1 job
  • Oct 25, 2026

Up & Clean

🇬🇮 GI Serves GI

Gibraltar robotic underwater hull cleaning for yachts and vessels up to 50 m.

£25 / m² as of Oct 2026

  • Service
  • 1 sourced price
  • 1 job
  • Oct 25, 2026

Questions buyers ask

How much does ship hull cleaning cost?

Published prices for ship hull cleaning run £25 per m² (1 price from 1 source, Gibraltar; newest dated Oct 2026). Every receipt is below.

Who offers ship hull cleaning near me?

We list 8 providers for ship hull cleaning. 4 countries have at least one provider whose own site says it works there; the most covered are Australia (1), Gibraltar (1) and Netherlands (1). 4 providers say they work worldwide. Pick your country on this page to see who serves it, local first.

What should I put in a quote request?

Start with vessel type, length and hull coating; port rules on in-water cleaning and debris capture; location (port, offshore, inland water). The full checklist has 9 items, and a request that covers them gets a real price instead of "it depends".

Do I actually need a robot for this?

Not always. If a competent person with a ladder could do it in an afternoon, hire the person (the Ladder Test). Here's the catch for this job: Robotic ROV work can replace diver teams for many inspections — ask for both quotes.

Are there rules or permits?

Underwater work may need class society approval (DNV, ABS, Lloyd's), port authority permission and environmental permits (e.g., hull cleaning capture rules). More on rules (a summary, not legal advice).

Cite this page

Whirrwork. "Ship hull cleaning: cost, how it works & providers." Last updated 2026-10-25. https://whirrwork.com/use-cases/hull-cleaning/. CC BY 4.0.

BibTeX
@misc{whirrwork_hull_cleaning,
  title = {Ship hull cleaning: cost, how it works \& providers},
  author = {{Whirrwork}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://whirrwork.com/use-cases/hull-cleaning/},
  note = {Last updated 2026-10-25. CC BY 4.0. Prices link to their original sources.}
}

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