Hotchya Marine Design signed a contract with the Ministry of Industry and Trade for the development of the initial design requirements and the conceptual design of Mezhdunarodny, a large research vessel intended for fish stock assessment research in the global ocean. In accordance with the design requirement, the research vessel will have 12-15 laboratories with [...]
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A new call gives universities, research institutions and companies a possibility of applying for means for developing maritime technologies. The Danish Maritime Authority takes part in a European network on research and development of maritime technologies (ERA NET MARTEC). The network is financed by the EU. As part of the tasks of the network, a [...]
RS considered the possibility of application of membrane cargo containment systems, developed by GTT, on Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (LNG carriers) in the ice conditions of Russian Arctic. As a result of joint research, it was concluded that the membrane cargo containment system can be used on LNG carriers with ice category Arc7, [...]
Berthing speeds have been the subject of research by a PIANC working group aiming to provide guidelines for designers on vessel speeds and ultimately to improve safety. Extensive berthing speed research at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, has concluded and results are undergoing analysis. After six months in the Dutch city, the study will now [...]
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A new Russian oceanographic research vessel pertaining to Project 22010 was launched last week at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Barents Observer reports. The vessel is designed for research in deep waters and the sea bed, according to the shipyard’s press secretary Mr. Mikhailov. The 107.8 meter- long vessel, developed by the Almaz Design Bureau, [...]
Iran is due to build an oceangoing research vessel in the next six months, Managing Director of the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography (INIO) Vahid Chegini said, adding that the country will also unveil several books and software about oceanography soon in future. “Several books and software on oceanography will be unveiled in Iran by [...]
As part of the “Bilateral S & T Cooperation between China and Greece, 2012-2014″, it has been approved by the General Secretariat of Research and Technology of the Greek Ministry of Development and the Department of International Relations of the Ministry of Science & Technology of China, the Research Project LNG-COMSHIP concerning the use of [...]
The UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) shortly to announce the launch of a competition into vessel efficiency, with up to £8 million of funding available, opening for expressions of interest in January 2013. In view of the theme – Meeting Tier III and the Energy Efficiency Design Index – of the 3rd IMarEST Ship [...]
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The CCGS Vladykov is the first of three new Near-Shore Fisheries Research Vessels to be delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard. Commissioned in August 2012, the vessel was constructed at Meridien Maritime Inc. in Matane, Quebec to a design developed by Robert Allan Ltd of Vancouver, B.C. The CCGS Vladykov and its sister vessels will [...]
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The research ship POLARSTERN sets off in the early morning hours of 27 October 2012 for an unusual expedition to the Antarctic. This time the ship will not be returning to Bremerhaven as usual at the end of the Antarctic summer, but will be spending the winter in the South Polar Sea for research purposes. [...]
