RV SIMON STEVIN multidisciplinary coastal research vessel Arrived

RV SIMON STEVIN multidisciplinary coastal research vessel Arrived in Oostende on the 25 th May and sailed its maiden science cruise on 7 th June. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS q Length Beam Draught Maximum speed Year of construction Shipbuilder Flag Port of registry Area of operations q Passengers q Crew q q q q PARTICULARS q q q 36 m 9. 4 m 3. 5 m 12 kn 2012 Damen Shipyards Group Belgium Ostend Southern Bight of the North Sea & eastern English Channel up to 20 for day trips up to 10 for overnight trips 7 for day trips 10 for overnight trips Underwater robotic ROV ‘Genesis’ Kongsberg EM 2040 Multibeam Teledyne 600 k. Hz ADCP & speedlog Stern A-frame & starboard A-frame Workboat RIB Zeekat Dynamic Positioning System AC propulsion engines 20 ft & 10 ft container capacity on workdeck ICES 209 up to 8 Kn Active antifouling system Waste heat recovery RV ZEELEEUW After serving the marine research community in Belgium for 12 years the RV Zeeleeuw made its last daytrip on 15 th June. It was donated to the Kenyan authorities, and the vessel is currently in maintenance/repair and will sail to Mombasa, Kenya in July to serve as a research ship for the Kenyan Marine Fisheries and Research Intitute, KMFRI. ERVO 2013, 5 -6 June, Brest, France. Flanders Marine Institute andre. cattrijsse@vliz. be www. vliz. be