David Phillips is Communications Executive for Hydrex, a global advanced underwater technology company and the supplier of Ecospeed, a non-toxic underwater hull coating system. David is the co-author of a series of Hydrex White Papers (12 to date) covering many aspects of underwater hull coatings, corrosion protection, fuel efficiency and the environmental effects of hull coating systems. He also edits the quarterly Journal of Ship Hull Performance. David assisted with the production of the Surface Treated Composites White Book which is the reference book on hard, non-toxic hull coating systems and underwater hull cleaning. David has also overseen a recent project into levels of pollution in harbor sediments which culminated in a full-length hardcover book on the subject. Hydrex has decades of experience on the subject of underwater ship hull coating systems.