Mostafa Dehghanizadeh - Master of Science, Department Of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran,
Ramin Zibaseresht - Post-Doc, Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zeal,

Engineered structures such as ships and marine platforms, as well as offshore rigs and jetties, are under constant attack from the marine environment. Biofouling can negatively affect thehydrodynamics of a hull by increasing the required propulsive power and the fuel consumption.This leads to increased costs within the shipping industry through the increased use ofmanpower, fuel, material and dry docking time. The use of antifouling coatings for protectionfrom the marine environment has a long history. Since TBT was banned as an antifouling paint, therefore, development of pollution-free marine antifouling material is urgently required.For this purpose, it is necessary to know the biology of marine sessile organisms, particularlybarnacles. This paper reviews barnacles biology and the development of antifouling coatings for the prevention of marine biological fouling, and finally, the novel compounds were investigated that can be useful for antifouling coating

Antifouling, Coating, Barnacles, Biology