Vessel Profile
Institute of Marine Research
P. O. Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway
North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea
|
Length |
Breadth |
Draught |
Gross Tonnage |
Ice class |
DP |
Service speed |
Max No. Scientific Berths |
No. of EF+ Scientific Berths |
|
77,5m |
16,4m |
7,5m |
4067 |
ICE C |
DP1 |
10 knots |
29 |
29 |
Technical Detail
- Wet, fish sampling
- Dry, chemistry / physics / biology
- Chilled, climate controlled room
- Cold store / freezer compartment
- Wet plankton / geology / sampling
- Dry, analysis of plankton samples
- Wet / chemical sampling lab
- Organic / inorganic chemistry lab
- Tracer metal / radio activity lab
- Mounting lab. electronic equipment
- Clean seawater sampling room
- Conference room
- ROV Operating center
- Seismic operating center
- Acoustic operation center
CTD and Rosette Sampler – Seabird SBE 911 w/12 bottle carousel and 4500m cable, Seabird SBE 911 w/24 bottle carousel and 6000m cable
Various types Plankton nets and Hydro-Bios Multinet Mammoth
EM 302, ME70, EM710, Topas PS 18
EK 80 18,38,70,120, 300 and 333kHz and SU90 sonar
Simrad HIPAP
Calypso Giant piston corer, gravity corer, box corer, video assisted Multi Sampler (VAMS)
Hangar midship:
- 1 x Mocness winch, 5 tons
- 2 x CTD winches, 5 / 2 tons
- Multi purpose sounder winch, 5 tons
- Multinet/Mocness winch, 5 tons
- Hydrographic/plankton winch, 1 ton
- Deep operation winch Dynema rope 10 tons
Stern:
- Deep tow winch, 12 tons
- Deep tow winch, 5 tons
- Deep tow winch, optical cable 7 tons
- Mobile Focus Winch
- Mobile winches.
VSAT 512 MBPS, GMDSS, Iridium, GSM phone
Silent vessel (ICES 209)
All types including ROV and AUV operations
None specific
Both ROV Ægir 6000 deep sea ROV and smaller portable ROVs
All vessel equipment will be made available to Eurofleets+ Users on request but some large equipment may incur additional cost. Please contact vessel operators to discuss. 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 areas |
June, July, early August, November, December |
Bergen and Tromsø |
|
2021 |
Normal operating areas |
April,mid- June, late September, November, December |
Bergen and Tromsø |
|
2022 |
Normal operating areas |
Mid-June, November, December |
Bergen and Tromsø |
Contact Details
Applicants are welcomed to discuss the initial feasibility of their work while they prepare their application with the operator of RV G.O. Sars at e-mail address: pern@hi.no
Medical certification required for joining the vessel and the list of acceptable certificates.
Mandatory: Valid health certificate from a seafarers doctor approved by Norwegian Maritime Authority.
Are additional medical checks required
Survival training certification required for joining vessel
List of acceptable equivalent certification:Desirable: Basic safety training (survival suit use, entering life raft etc)
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. UK, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Iceland, Faroes (and others as applicable). Required to be submitted to pern@hi.no at least 6 months prior to cruise
Additional clearances required for area or type of activity
