Belgium orders new research vessel at Spain’s Freire Shipyard
NOVEMBER 7, 2018 — Belgium has ordered a new EUR 58 million (about $67 million) research vessel at Spain’s Freire Shipyard that will replace the aging RV Belgica. When the new vessel
NOVEMBER 7, 2018 — Belgium has ordered a new EUR 58 million (about $67 million) research vessel at Spain’s Freire Shipyard that will replace the aging RV Belgica. When the new vessel
OCTOBER 2, 2018 — The 93 foot research vessel, R/V Virginia, built for the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) by the Meridien Maritime Reparation shipyard in Matane, Quebec, has successfully completed
AUGUST 21, 2018 —The 93 ft x 28 ft research vessel R/V Virginia, for the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), was launched last week after 18 months of construction by Meridien
JULY 2, 2018 — Classification society DNV GL has awarded Sandia National Laboratories an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of a new “Zero V” research vessel developed in collaboration with
JUNE 12, 2018 — Oregon State University has exercised an option at Gulf Island Shipyards LLC for a second Regional Research Vessel. The National Science Foundation selected Oregon State in 2013 to
JANUARY 25, 2018 — The University of Connecticut’s 90 ft oceanographic research vessel R/V Connecticut has new life, with increased capability, thanks to a midlife refit. The research vessel supports UConn’s Department
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 — Houma, LA, based Gulf Islands Shipyard has selected Siemens Marine Solutions as the propulsion single source vendor (SSV) for the 193 ft x 41 ft National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional
OCTOBER 31, 2017 — A research vessel being built at the MEST shipyard in the Faroe Islands is to have an ultra-silent Wärtsilä propulsion package. The 54 m vessel is being built
OCTOBER 17, 2017 — Rapp Marine has been selected by Gulf Island Shipyard, LLC, as the Overboard Handling System Single Source Vendor (OHS SSV) for Oregon State University’s (OSU) 193 ft x
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017—A Trojan Marinex BWT 250 ballast water treatment system (BWTS) will be part of a ballast water management system (BWMS) for the Government of Australia’s next-generation Antarctic Supply and Research