Vessel Profile
North Atlantic on a case by case basis depending on annual operational plan.
Length |
Breadth |
Draught |
Gross Tonnage |
Ice class |
DP |
Service speed |
Max No. Scientific Berths |
No. of EF+ Scientific Berths |
|
70,5 |
15,5 |
4,6 |
1979 |
Polar Code 2018 (C class) |
DP1 |
10 |
25 |
18 |
Technical Detail
Main laboratory, Wet Lab / Hangar, Analysis laboratory, chemical laboratory, Thermoregulated laboratory and
Dissection laboratory
Scientific Board Facilities
2 Keels retractable up to 4 m deep, Acoustic gondola 9 x 9 m in bow & Fishing park of 71 m2
Laboratory containers:
Container for incubations – ISO 20 feet
2 X Clean laboratory container – ISO 20 feet
Laboratory container – ISO 20 feet
Laboratory container for work with radioisotopes – ISO 20 feet
–2 x CTD SeaBird SBE911 plus
-CTD Sea-Bird SBE 25
-MOCNESS net
Chelsea Technologies Group SeaSoar
-Atlas Hydrosweep DS-3 1º x 1º multibeam deep-water echosounder
-Atlas FS-20-100 Fansweep Shallow water multibeam echosounder
-Parasound P-35 parametric echosounder
Kongsberg EK 60 hydrographic echo sounder with 5 frequencies of 18, 38, 70, 120 and 200 KHz
HIPAP 452 Hight precision Acustic positioning System
-OSU (Oregon State University) Piston sediment core
Instrument used to collect sediment columns.
-Rock dredge
-Gravity core
-KC Denmark Multisampler Multicorer 6 x ø100 x 600 mm
Stern & Starboard folding gantry, Telescopic CTD gantry, Retractable keels (2)
Plankton winch: traction cable of 6,000 m and 6 mm in diameter, CTD winch :coaxial cable of 8000 m and 11 mm diameter. Electronic nets winch:coaxial cable of 7000 m and 14 mm in diameter.
Corer winch :traction cable of 8,000 m cable and 16 mm diameter.
Net drum winch: for a 15 m3 net, pelagic nets capacity: 2 x 250 m 2x Mobile multipurpose winches: for 8000 m
C Band
512 Kbps up/512 down
Silent vessel (ICES 209), Facilities for large ROV and Sub deployments
Multipurpose silent research vessel. Suitable for carrying out a wide variety of scientific survey operations in offshore and deep-sea locations. The vessel is adapted to accommodate a variety of Remotely Operated Vehicles. Vessel capable of pelagic and demersal trawling to 2200m, Fisheries acoustic surveys, Hydrographic survey, Oceanographic surveys, Mooring deployments, Seismic surveys, ROV Surveys, Benthic surveys
Limited to 3000m streamer for seismic.
Yes, capable, Dynamic positioning, USBL, Crane and A-Frame for Launch and recovery.
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 |
North Atlantic |
2, weeks, March 2020 |
VIGO |
2021 |
North Atlantic |
July – October 2020 |
VIGO, Las Palmas |
2022 |
Not scheduled yet |
Contact Details
Applicants are welcomed to discuss the initial feasibility of their work while they prepare their application with the operator of RV Sarmiento de Gamboa at e-mail address: info@utm.csic.es CC: direccion.utm@csic.es
Medical certification required for joining the vessel and the list of acceptable certificates.
A medical questionnaire provided by UTM should be filled and required for joining.
Any medical certification will be accepted but not mandatory.
Note please contact info@utm.csic.es for any queries regarding further information on certification
Are additional medical checks required
None
Survival training certification required for joining vessel
List of acceptable equivalent certification:No certification in survival training is required but SCTW Personal Survival Techniques training will be welcome.
Additional certification required e.g. Ship security awareness / other
None
Diplomatic clearance required for area of operation
Yes, for operation in neighbouring EEZ’s. Required to be submitted to info@utm.csic.es 6 months prior to cruise
Additional clearances required for area or type of activity
- Additional clearances for operations in Spanish Special areas of Conservation if applicable
- Seismic operations require additional permits
Other requirements for other jurisdictions to be addressed via Diplomatic clearance process
Spanish Research Council (CSIC), 70,5 m long, delivered in 2006. Operates >300 days per annum.