research vessel

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

There’s nothing unusual about seismic activity in Iceland. In November last year, the inhabitants of one of the country’s key ports were evacuated from their homes as weeks of earthquakes turned out to be magma waiting to hit the surface,…

5th September 2024

Seafood – Iceland’s economic keystone

5th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NIWA’s new research vessel Kaharoa II will be in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park/ Ko te Pataka kai o Tīkapa Moana Te Moananui-ā-Toi over the three weeks to 10 September 2024, filming underwater habitats. The survey is the maiden science voyage for…

27th August 2024

NZ researcher to study Hauraki Gulf

27th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Built for the Australia state’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) by Geraldton-based shipbuilder Dongara Marine, the new 18.6-metre fisheries research vessel (RV) was named Djildjit Kaartadjiny in consultation with Noongar (indigenous)…

29th May 2024

Australian shipbuilder completes multi-purpose researcher

29th May 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has confirmed a contract has been awarded to Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon Vigo SA for the construction of a new research vessel contracted…

19th April 2024

New research vessel for Northern Ireland

19th April 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Oceanus, the world’s first long-range, autonomous research vessel, is the subject of a new CGI video, with developer Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) saying it’s set to usher in a new era for net-zero oceanography and…

16th April 2024

Watch: Oceanus – the world’s first long-range autonomous researcher

16th April 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Dra. Barbieri has been built at the ASENAV shipyard, with its construction financed by the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture. It’s now being outfitted ready to begin operations.

10th March 2024

New research vessel for Chile’s coastal waters

10th March 2024

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

Spain’s Freire Shipyard has contracted Longitude Engineering for the basic design of a newbuild research vessel that it is building for IFREMER, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea.

12th September 2023

Designer appointed for new French research vessel

12th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spain’s Freire Shipyard has signed a contract with the French national institute for ocean science IFREMER for the construction of a new vessel for the French Oceanographic Fleet. It will be operated by…

20th July 2023

Freire to build French research vessel

20th July 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The 100th mTrack unit is going to Kaharoa II, the new research vessel being built for New Zealand research institute NIWA.

25th May 2023

100th mTrack goes to NIWA research vessel

25th May 2023