Focus on Research and Training

The marine research and training sectors are once again featured on Baird Maritime.

We devote this week to reviewing five vessels, each one built to serve specific roles in research, survey, and training. One of the more notable of these is a former cargo ship that underwent extensive conversion works to enable it to undertake ocean research.

Marine Research • Maritime Training • Maritime Archaeology

One newbuild ship will be used by a US East Coast maritime college to train future crews. This vessel is unique in that it will also be able to perform the role of humanitarian and disaster response thanks to its large transport capacity.

We invite readers to be updated on the often innovative vessels and technology in these sectors of the global maritime industry.

Vessel Reviews:

• Luse Chuanbo 3 – Electric newbuild to perform surveys of Yangtze River
  
• VESSEL REFIT | Akademik Nikolay Strakhov – Upgrade completed on Russian ocean research vessel
  
• Empire State – Training ship with secondary disaster response capability
  
• Imua – Catamaran research vessel to operate in Hawaiian waters
• VESSEL REFIT | Xiangyanghong 05 – Cargo ship converted into offshore research vessel

News and Gear:

• Survey completed on wrecks of 30 ships lost in 1940 Dunkirk evacuation
• GEAR | Equipment selected for future German research vessel
• Cruise ship that ran aground in northeast Greenland successfully refloated
• Ten years’ monitoring data confirms precautionary krill fishery in Antarctica
• Fishing Vessel News Roundup | August 15 – Argentinian scalloper, Chinese aquaculture tourism platforms and more
• Research and Training Vessel News Roundup | August 8 – Canadian ROV, Australian training vessel refit and more
• New scientific database to cover Black Sea fisheries

Recent Important Features:

FEATURE | Unmanned vehicles to support California science institute’s ocean exploration program

– “The nimble craft can be deployed from beaches, piers, and small boats to run complex missions on its own for weeks to months.”

Remember to come back every day to see the latest news, opinion and vessel reviews!

Call for content!

Any news or views about the marine research and training industry? Send it through to [email protected] ASAP (between now and October 20), so we can add it to this current edition of Research and Training Week!

We are after:

• Vessels – Orders, new deliveries, under construction
• Gear – Latest innovations and technology in the marine research and training sectors
• Interviews – Owners, operators, marine research institutes, maritime training schools, etc.
• Reminiscences – Do you have any exciting, amusing or downright dangerous anecdotes from your time in the research and training vessel world? (example here)
• Other – Any other relevant news

Stay updated on future Research and Training Weeks