RV Pelagia is a research vessel in the service of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), a research institute of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). It was built in 1991 by Verolme Shipyard in Heusden , The Netherlands, and has been in NIOZ-service since. The RV Pelagia is due to be replaced but on 14 April 2022 a Dutch court ruled that the original contract must be amended, resulting in a delay of the final tender for the replacement that will bear the name RV Anna Weber-van Bosse , after the Netherlands' first female marine biologist to conduct research at sea.
6-578: The NIOZ is a Dutch research institute in the field of oceanographic sciences. In order to do this research the NIOZ has a number of research vessel in service. The RV Pelagia is one of them. On board all kinds of survey are carried out. For instance bottom surface research to corals or a research on the amount of nutrients in the water. On board there are facilities to do this field work like fixed laboratoria or places for mobile laboratoria. But also conventional oceangoing equipment like cranes and winches for getting
12-501: Is part of the institutes organization of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Wim Mook was director of the institute from 1990 to 1996. Henk Brinkhuis was director from October 2011 until 1 November 2021, when he was succeeded by Han Dolman. In 2022, NIOZ had 337 employees. The National Marine Facilities (NMF), a division of NIOZ, operates three research vessels, each with their specific area of operation. These vessels are
18-451: Is suitable for oceangoing voyages. However usually she is deployed in the waters around Europe. The RV Pelagia is equipped with diesel-electric propulsion. On board there are three generatorsets installed. Two of these are used to generate the power for the propulsion. In port the emergency generator is used for the auxiliaries. The two main engines are caterpillars 3508 and 3512 with an output of about 800 kW and 1000 kW. In 2010
24-832: The Pelagia received an overhaul and upgrade at the Astander Shipyard in Santander , Spain. NIOZ The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , also known as NIOZ , in Dutch the Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee , is the Dutch national oceanographic institute. It is located on the island of Texel , and in Yerseke , in the Netherlands . The institute was founded in 1876 as
30-562: The Zoological Station and in 1960 it was renamed to its current name. NIOZ carries out marine research in the waters of the Netherlands and overseas; it also plays a role in educating students, and it offers research facilities to marine scientists from the Netherlands and other countries worldwide. NIOZ has a longstanding collaboration with Utrecht University , for instance in an interdisciplinary Master’s programme Marine Sciences. NIOZ
36-484: The equipment in and out of the water. Usually these are remotely operated vehicle like appliances like a CTD or a piston core . Furthermore, there is fixed research equipment placed on board the Pelagia like an aquaflow, multibeam , HIPAP and ADCP for carrying out continuous survey. Legally the RV Pelagia is a merchant ship. It falls under the same rules and regulations as any freight carrier. The RV Pelagia
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