Oshima Maru will substitute a 29 yr outdated vessel of the identical identify
Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding studies that the Enoura plant of its Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works, at present held a christening and launch ceremony for the Oshima Maru, a coaching ship being constructed for the National Institute of Technology (Kosen), Oshima College.
The handover is scheduled for March 2023, following completion of inside work and sea trials. The new vessel will go into service offering college students with sensible coaching in ocean navigation and conducting surveys and experiments associated to operations and the ocean.
The new Oshima Maru is a fourth-generation coaching vessel for the varsity, and its first new ship in 29 years, since 1993. It will substitute the present coaching ship of the identical identify, a third-generation ship additionally constructed by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding.
Like the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) coaching ships at present being constructed at Philly Shipyard for America’s state maritime academies, the Oshima Maru has features that enable it to function a help ship throughout disasters, similar to supplying outboard water and electrical energy, transport of reduction provides, and offering lodging.
The ship is provided with a diesel electrical propulsion system and lithium-ion batteries which can be anticipated to supply power effectivity by parallel operation with the onboard mills and to provide the ship a lowered environmental impression by working solely on battery energy close to the shore.
