A new era of ship maintenance

Keep your hull
Laminar™

HYDRA™ — the autonomous robotic antifouling system (rAFS) that holds your hull at dry-dock condition, for the whole of your charter.

✚ Made in Switzerland

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THE OPPORTUNITY

Your hull's best day is the day it leaves dry dock

From that day on, coatings degrade and fouling builds — dragging fuel, emissions and compliance with it. Up to 20% of fuel can be lost to a fouled hull, modelled per vessel.

Toxic Antifouling Paint

Toxic Antifouling Paint

Conventional coatings work by leaching biocides into the sea — and still degrade from day one. HYDRA™ protects the hull with robotics, not chemistry.

Invasive Species

Invasive Species

Fouled hulls carry invasive species across oceans. HYDRA™ prevents fouling from ever establishing, keeping hulls biosecure in every region you trade.

Higher Fuel Consumption

Higher Fuel Consumption

Even light slime raises drag and fuel burn. A hull held Laminar™ keeps fuel flat at its dry-dock baseline — up to 20% less, modelled per vessel.

Higher Downtime

Reactive Maintenance

Waiting for fouling to build means costly interventions, delays and coating damage. HYDRA™ is always on, so the decline never starts.

OCEANS THRIVE WHEN ROBOTICS LEADS.

From the Heart of Europe
to the Ships of the World


Born in Switzerland, deployed globally:
We're building the next generation of antifouling for the world's fleets.

Biofouling costs billions.

With HYDRA™, we built the fix.

HYDRA™ is an autonomous robotic antifouling system (rAFS) — a peer and successor to coatings. Autonomous antifouling robots live on the vessel and groom the hull before fouling can ever start, holding it at dry-dock smoothness continuously. We call that state Laminar™ — a coating that never degrades.

I

Active Antifouling

Prevents fouling from ever starting — the hull stays Laminar™ on any operating profile, from idle to full service.

II

No Crew Required

Fully autonomous operation — no crew involvement, no scheduling, no service calls.

III

Always Onboard

HYDRA™ lives on the vessel and works anywhere, anytime — in port, at anchor and at sea.

IV

Light & compact

Enabling effortless logistics and deployment across fleets.

01 — Install

The HYDRA™ unit is installed onboard during normal operations — no dry dock, no retrofit downtime.

02 — Run

The robots run autonomously on a cadence matched to your trading pattern, keeping the hull Laminar™.

03 — Verify

Every run produces an auditable hull-condition report — always-on visibility for owners, charterers and class.

Not Just Another Gadget.
Engineered for the Realities of the Sea.

DELIVERING REAL VALUE

Measurable Impact for Your Fleet

With HYDRA™ we guarantee the outcome: your hull stays Laminar™, and fouling never grows beyond light slime.

Up to 20%

Less Fuel

A hull held Laminar™ carries no fouling drag — fuel stays at its dry-dock baseline. Modelled per vessel in your assessment.

Zero

Downtime Hours

HYDRA™ works during normal operations — no dry dock, no off-hire, no crew required.

Holistic

Hull Visibility

Complete hull coverage — no spot is missed. Every run produces an auditable hull-condition report for owners, charterers and class.

Maximum

Regulatory Compliance

A hull that performs like new supports your CII, FuelEU Maritime and EU ETS position — with no toxic paints or chemicals.

Ready to keep your hull Laminar™?

See what a Laminar™ hull is worth on your vessel — fuel, CII and cost, modelled per vessel.

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NAUTICA TECHNOLOGIES

Company

Swiss startup. ETH Alumni. Maritime innovation.

We've engineered HYDRA™ — the autonomous robotic antifouling system (rAFS). Its autonomous antifouling robots keep the hull Laminar™, at dry-dock condition, continuously — preventing fouling from ever starting and cutting fuel, emissions and cost.

HYDRA™ is patent pending. Built by a team with roots at ETH Zürich and EPFL.

Swiss engineering excellence meets maritime sustainability.

Cédric Portmann

Cédric Portmann

CEO

Mina Kamel

Mina Kamel

CTO

Nautica Technologies Ship with HYDRA System

LET'S ASSESS YOUR VESSEL TOGETHER

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Tell us your vessel type, trading pattern and current coating — we come back with a modelled number: what a Laminar™ hull is worth in fuel, CII and cost on your vessel. It takes about three minutes.

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