RV ARNI FREIDRICKSON

Vessel Profile

Home port:

Reykjavik, Iceland

Home port Coordinates:

Latitude:64.13548 Longitude: -21.89541

Organisation & Address:

Marine and Freshwater Research Institute,

Skulagata 4, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland

Vessel Web site address:

https://www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/research-vessels

Link to Vessel Schedules:

https://www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/research-vessels

Normal Area of Operation:

North Atlantic in the area 50 – 70N, 30 – 10W

Max No of EF+ Days:

Vessel details:

Length	Breadth	Draught		Gross Tonnage	Ice class	DP	Service speed	Max No. Scientific Berths	No. of EF+ Scientific Berths
69,9 m	14,0 m	6,8 m		2.233	LR 1B	no	11 knots	17	17

Technical Detail

Laboratory Facilities (fixed and temporary):

Large wet lab (fisheries lab), biological, salinity, chemical and phytoplankton laboratory

CTD/Plankton sampling:

Towed and lowered plankton nets (Including Multi-net)

Multi-Beam(s)/ Sub Bottom profiling:

Kongsberg Maritime EM302(1*2 degree resolution), 30 kHz / Kongsberg Maritime TOPAS PS18

Fisheries Echo Sounders/Sonar:

Simrad EK60 and EK80 at 18, 38, 120 and 200 kHz

USBL:

No USBL system onboard

Coring/Sampling Capabilities:

Winches:

Communications:

GMDSS, Inmarsat, Internet through satellite

Special features:

Silent vessel (ICES 209)

Suitable for:

Multipurpose silent research vessel. Suitable for all kinds of fisheries research, pelagic and demersal trawling to 2200m and fisheries acoustic surveys. New multibeam and sub-bottom profiler. Look-out tower for whale observations

Scientific Limitations:

Coring

Vessel capability to support ROV deployment:

No special capabilities to support ROV deployment.

Support Offered to EurofleetsPlus Users:

All vessel equipment will be made available to EurofleetsPlus Users on request. Technical support on vessel equipment will be available during the entire survey.

Vessel availability by location and by year/time of year for Eurofleets+:

Year	Location	Availability by Month	Ports of operation in the period of availability
2020	Normal operating area as above	All year according to annual plan	Reykjavik, Iceland
2021	Normal operating area as above	All year according to annual plan	Reykjavik, Iceland
2022	Normal operating area as above	All year according to annual plan	Reykjavik, Iceland

Contact Details

Medical certification required for joining the vessel and the list of acceptable certificates.

Are additional medical checks required

Survival training certification required for joining vessel

List of acceptable equivalent certification:

SCTW survival training certification

Additional certification required e.g. Ship security awareness / other

Diplomatic clearance required for area of operation

Yes, for operation in neighbouring EEZ’s e.g. Greenland, Faroes, Norway, (and others as applicable). Required to prepare with MFRI at least 6 months in advance.

Additional clearances required for area or type of activity

Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Iceland. 70 m long, delivered in 2000. Operates >200 days a year.