RV PELAGIA

Vessel Profile

Home port:

Texel, Netherlands

Home port Coordinates:

Latitude: 53.00683 Longitude: 4.796167

Organisation & Address:

NIOZ – Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ Den Hoorn, Texel, Netherlands

Vessel Web site address:

https://www.nioz.nl/en/facilities/research-vessels

Link to Vessel Schedules:

https://nioz.marinefacilitiesplanning.com/programme/timeline

Normal Area of Operation:

Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Mediterranean. Other areas (Black Sea, Red Sea, Southern Indian Ocean, Eastern Pacific) depending on national science demand.

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
66m	12.8m	4.2m	1615	none	no	10kn	12	12

Technical Detail

Laboratory Facilities (fixed and temporary):

Fixed: wet lab, dry lab, wet chemical lab, CTD measuring lab

Temporary: maximum 9 containerised laboratories, including 1 Ultra Clean CTD container

CTD/Plankton sampling:

CTD and Rosette sampler – 2 x SBE 911 CTD with SBE 32 carousel (24 Bottle, 12L), 7000m deployment capability.

Rosette sampler (24 bottle, 25L), Ultra Clean CTD frame (24 bottles, 24L) with sampling container, 8000m deployment capability

Towed and lowered plankton nets (Including Multi-net)

Multi-Beam(s)/ Sub Bottom profiling:

Full ocean depth multi-beam system (EM302) to 8000m.

Oretech 3010 10kW Echo sounder 3.5 kHz

Fisheries Echo Sounders/Sonar:

EK500

USBL:

Kongsberg HiPAP 100, 12kHz, range 10km

Coring/Sampling Capabilities:

VibroCore (3/6m), Gravity core (3/6m), piston cores max 24m. Multicores (12x 100mm; 8x60mm + 4x100mm). Box Core (including video guided box core. Max deployment depth 8000m.

Winches:

2x 30t Trawl winches (4500m x 26mm wire), Deep Sea Winch (20mm Opto Electrical Mechanical Aramide Cable, 8500m); side winch, 3000m X 14mm steel; CTD winch 8000m X 11mm wire; Hydrographic winch 500m x 6mm steel. Stern towing winches.

Communications:

VSAT Broadband system, 512kbps/256 Kbps, Fleet 33 satellite comm. backup, GSM phone

Special features:

Suitable for:

Multipurpose research vessel. Suitable for carrying out a wide variety of scientific survey operations in offshore and deep-sea locations. The vessel can accommodate certain AUVs and ROVs, but NIOZ doesn’t own any.

Vessel capable of hydrographic and oceanographic surveys, Mooring and lander deployments, Sediment sampling. Limited seismics

Scientific Limitations:

No fisheries

Vessel capability to support ROV deployment:

Yes, depending on size and type

Support Offered to EurofleetsPlus Users:

All pool 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	TBD
2021	TBD
2022	TBD

Contact Details

Applicants are welcomed to discuss the initial feasibility of their work while they prepare their application with the operator of RV Pelagia at erica.koning@nioz.nl

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

ENG1 or equivalent (not older than 2yrs)

Are additional medical checks required

Survival training certification required for joining vessel

List of acceptable equivalent certification:

PST (<5yrs), equivalent STCW training TBD

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

None

Diplomatic clearance required for area of operation

If <200nm offshore, yes.

Additional clearances required for area or type of activity

None specified

RV Pelagia – National Marine Research Facilities of the Netherlands