Ship Photos of the Day – French Research Vessel ‘Marion Dufresne II’ Sets Sail After Renovation
The French analysis vessel, Marion Dufresne II, has left the Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque in northern France after finishing a 4-month full overhaul that’s anticipated to increase the vessel’s life by 20 years.
Head of Marketing and Sales at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque, Khalil Benjelloul explains a bit of extra in regards to the work carried out on the yarsd:
“We replaced the vessel’s most important scientific apparatus, the multi-beam sonar. We scrapped the existing equipment, rebuilt the hull and installed a new gondola and control room. Furthermore we completely renewed the ILOT capstan, a system used to take sea water samples, and installed new equipment. The hull has been blasted and repainted as well as some of the ballast tanks. The vessel’s accommodation areas have been redone in cooperation with the client’s subcontractor, this included laboratory facilities used by IPEV scientists. Marion Dufresne II can accommodate 114 passengers or scientific researchers and 46 crew.”
After finishing all renovation work on-time, the Marion Dufresne II set sail July 28 for the Port of La Réunion within the southern Indian Ocean the place it’s going to resume its logistic and scientific voyage to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
The multi-purpose analysis and provide vessel is owned by French administration Les Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF) and managed by transport group CMA CGM. It provides French southern islands 4 months a 12 months, and carries out oceanographic analysis 217 days a 12 months beneath the Institut Polaire Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV).
Operating out of the Port of La Réunion (sure, the place they’ve discovered what’s believed to be items of MH370), the vessel is used to move passengers and provides to the French islands of the Indian Ocean and performs scientific work in all ocean circumstances, together with ice.
Besides the vessel’s analysis and scientific capabilities, the multi-purpose vessel is supplied with a heli-deck and can be utilized as a provide vessel to move containers and gasoline to distant areas.
All photographs courtesy Damen Shipyards Group
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