Denmark’s National Institute of Aquatic Resources, DTU Aqua, quickly requires to change its aging study vessel R/V Dana IV. The ship will certainly encounter its 40 year course study at the end of 2022.
DTU Aqua as well as marine designer company Knud E. Hansen have actually currently finished an extensive style research for a brand-new 65 meter multidisciplinary aquatic study vessel.
The function was to establish a principle style as well as financial expense price quote for a for an extremely innovative multidisciplinary study vessel that would certainly place DTU Aqua as an appealing companion for worldwide clinical tasks.
The resulting principle style is maximized for cost-efficient fish supply evaluation, hydro-acoustic research studies as well as organic, chemical as well as physical oceanography.
The complying with goals were focused on:
- Maximum ability for hydro acoustic clinical efficiency
- High performance in fish supply tracking
- High clinical multidisciplinary efficiency via flexible style
- Year- rounded procedure in North Sea as well as Baltics
- Summer/ Autumn procedure in Greenland as well as Polar waters
- Low functional expenses
The vessel is developed for course symbols DNVGL ✠ 1A, SPS, EO, DYNPOS (AUTS), COMPUTER (6 ), as well as to adhere to the ICES CRR 209 requirement for reduced undersea emitted sound (CONTAINER) discharge.
The DTU Aqua operating location will largely be the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia, the Kattegat, the Skagerrak, the North Sea, the North Atlantic as well as Greenlandic waters in summer season as well as fall. The vessel is developed to run global consisting of the geographical insurance coverage location of the IMO Polar Code as much as approx. 80 ° N, relying on the ice scenario.
The ability of the vessel consists of solitary as well as dual cabins for 34 team as well as employees of whom approximately 18-20 are anticipated to be scientists.
The vessel is organized with a complete collection of hydro-acoustic transducers, numerous labs trawl equipment, cranes, CTD as well as deck devices to sustain multi-disciplinary study procedures. The CTD cranes can run as well as example water to midsts of 3,000 meters in addition to managing undersea devices varying from tiny plankton internet as well as lower corers as well as towing of multinets.
The trawl equipment is scheduled versatile as well as reliable procedure with numerous web drums as well as flush deck hatches to 2 obtaining containers. Laboratories are organized beside CTD Hangar, as well as listed below trawldeck to enable reliable handling of fish examples as well as a selection of damp or completely dry lab job to be performed all at once.
The acoustic transducer collection can perform a complete variety of hydro-acoustic studies, such as lower mapping, sub-bottom profiling, present profiling, 3D visualization of fish supplies as well as biomass evaluation.
The multifunction deck is geared up with a screw grid for versatile plan of study equipment incorporated with as much as 4 (4) ISO 20 ′ containers. The side barrier for the trawl lane, in addition to the transom barrier aft as well as the starboard side can be gotten rid of, to make sure that the total multi-deck location can be broadened to consist of the trawl lane.
The structure expense of the vessel have actually been approximated in examination with a number of shipyards within continental Europe.
The style research ends that it is feasible for DTU Aqua to have the 65-m ice classified multidisciplinary aquatic study vessel developed, developed as well as appointed within an overall budget plan of concerning $52 million.