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Construction. The ship was built as Hughes Glomar Explorer in 1971 and 1972 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company for more than US$350 million (about $1.7 billion in 2023) at the direction of Howard Hughes for use by his company, Global Marine Development Inc. [5] It began operation on 20 June 1974. The ship's construction required a purpose ...
112. Aviation facilities. Helicopter deck, max. helicopter weight 12.8 tonnes. RV Falkor (too) is an oceanographic research vessel refitted in 2021–2022 from the former multi-role offshore support vessel MS Polar Queen. The ship was purchased by the Schmidt Ocean Institute in March 2021. It replaced the RV Falkor.
Blue Marlin and her sister ship MV Black Marlin compose the Marlin class of semisubmersible heavy-lift ships operated by Dockwise Shipping of the Netherlands. Designed to transport very large, semisubmersible drilling rigs above the transport ship's deck, she is equipped with 38 cabins to accommodate 60 people, a workout room, sauna and swimming facilities, and a secure citadel for protection ...
The SV Mandalay is a three-masted schooner measuring 163.75 ft (49.91 m) pp, [2] with a wrought iron hull. It was built as the private yacht Hussar (IV), and would later become the research vessel Vema, one of the world's most productive oceanographic research vessels.
Funchal being built at Helsingor, February 5, 1961. The ship was built in 1961, under the guidance of the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério d'Oliveira. Funchal is an ocean liner with a classic profile and interiors. The ship's features include stabilisation, air-conditioning, three lifts, a main show lounge (Ilha Verde), piano bar (Porto Bar ...
Pilot and observer. Limiting Factor, known as Bakunawa since its sale in 2022, is a crewed deep-submergence vehicle (DSV) manufactured by Triton Submarines and owned and operated since 2022 by Gabe Newell ’s Inkfish ocean-exploration research organization. [3] It currently holds the records for the deepest crewed dives in all five oceans.
The ship was built in 2017 and is flagged in Singapore. [1]In 2023 whilst chartered by Cargill, Pyxis Ocean was retrofitted with two 37.5 m (123 ft) tall 'WindWing' sails, a technology developed by the UK company BAR Technologies, [2] manufactured by Yara Marine Technologies [3] [4] and added at a COSCO shipyard in Shanghai, China. [5]
MV Odyssey (formerly Alucia) is a 56-meter research and exploration vessel that facilitates a wide range of diving, submersible and aerial operations. [1] The ship has recently been used by OCEEF, [2] under the name Alucia and was previously utilized by initiative OceanX for ocean exploration, research and filming missions. [3]