I know that there is different anti-fouling paints and their prices. But, I am looking to find more additional information about the real costs of anti-fouling measures such as how much cost to remove the ships and the cleaning. I also know that some ships do partial cleans without removing them from the water. But, I dont know the costs of those, how often or what kind of ships do that. I have not been very successful on Internet search. I am planning to do some surveys to the industry, but It would be good to have other sources of data also.
I don't now whether you are considering this but a lot of environmentalists would consider that things like environmental damage should be included in the real costs of things like anti fouling paint, therefore you might consider approaching Green Peace to see if they have any data sets on this, although if you do I suspect you might have to hide the fact when you approach industry, groups such as Green Peace are often more interested in publishing such data than is either industry or government, I suspect that you may fall foul of commercial confidentiality since unless it is statuary I would suspect most firms would be unwilling to release such data for fear of giving a rival a commercial advantage.
Thank you for your comment Timothy. I was interested on the cost the industry is "paying" which does not means it is the total cost of the activity for all the society. That is because the study I was doing has a very specific focus. We also had a very limited budget that constrained the scope of the study. I must say that the shipping companies I approached were quite collaborative even when they provided some sensitive information. But, I did it through a college that has met them before. If you interested, you can see the final publication here in research gate:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284551960_Costs_and_benefits_to_European_shipping_of_ballast-water_and_hull-fouling_treatment_Impacts_of_native_and_non-indigenous_species
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