For Innovators

Build trust in your Innovation’s True Value

Accelerate Your Market Penetration with Verified Results.

Are you ready to accelerate your market penetration? You’ve invested heavily in R&D, perfected your technology, and you know the impact it can make.

And yet, do you find it challenging to convince skeptical shipowners? In an industry where every new technology claims similar fuel savings and environmental benefits, how do you truly differentiate yourself and build the trust needed for widespread adoption?

It is time.
Time to drop the marketing mask and to enter the world of truth and acknowledgment.
Time to be noticed above the white noise of groundless claims.
Time to move further – from a few appealing images to reliable, third-party verified reports.

The OpenHull Advantage: Trust Through Transparency.

At OpenHull, we believe that openly sharing your real-world data, independently verified, is the most powerful way to build trust, differentiate your innovation, and prove its true value.

We understand the hurdles you face: the need for credible, unbiased results; the complexity of real-world trials; and the challenge of translating technical data into compelling business cases for shipowners. That’s precisely where we come in.

How We Empower Your Market Entry:

We act as your independent, expert partner, helping you bridge the gap between groundbreaking technology and industry-wide acceptance.

We tailor our service to your needs. Our Assistance for Innovators relies on:

Asking the right questions: we act as a mirror, and help you question every claim that you do. We work together so that everything you say in your value proposition be backed by reliable and science-based facts.
Independent Case Studies: We design and execute rigorous, unbiased trials that stand up to scrutiny. We work with you to collect and structure data from real-world deployments, transforming raw information into clear, verifiable performance metrics.
- Benefit: Gain objective proof of your innovation’s impact, free from commercial bias.
Data-Driven Validation: We help you structure and present your results, emphasizing your successes while also understanding and acknowledging any challenges. This transparent approach builds credibility and allows for continuous improvement.
- Benefit: Turn complex operational data into compelling evidence that resonates with decision-makers.

Why OpenHull?

OpenHull has been active since January 2023, driven by the vision for quality data generation and sharing for better hulls. Our insights are followed and trusted by a community of experts, shipowners, shipping companies, coating, cleaning, and robotic companies.

We are passionate about innovation and believe that there is much to do to pave the way toward cleaner hulls – and we mean cleaner for fuel consumption and for the planet.

We are a pluridisciplinary team with experience in robots, hull inspection, and coatings.

We are start-up builders. We have developed start-ups and felt this frustration – on how to convince shipping companies faster. We know where you are and will be happy to work with you to create actionable insights and convince your prospects.

Our Process: Clarity, Credibility, Confidence.

Every innovation is unique. Every technology is different. We work with you to ensure your innovation trials deliver impactful, actionable results. Here’s how:

Scope of Work: Based on your marketing claims, the strengths of your innovation, and the needs of your customers, we agree on a scope of work.
Data Room: We open a data room to fuel the case study. We work with you to find the adequate data for your case: hull inspections, dry-dock reports, technology specifications, hull resistance calculations, previous studies by independent bodies, and more…
New data: We agree together on meaningful data that should be generated based on your claims. This can involve one your customers, or external lab analysis.
Performance Analysis: We meticulously analyze trial data, identifying key findings, validating performance against claims, and extracting valuable insights.
Transparent Reporting: We compile a comprehensive, independent final report that clearly outlines successes, learnings, and the true benefits demonstrated by your technology.
Market Communication: If you are willing to share the report openly, we help you by spreading the word within our community of maritime professionals who care about improving hulls.