FontSize Research Vessel Shinsei Maru
Operating Characteristics | Research Instruments| Research Cruise
The R/V Shinsei Maru is 66 m long and its gross tonnage is 1,635 tons. The vessel is used for relatively short cruises near Japan especially for studies on current state and recovery processes of Tohoku marine ecosystems after the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March, 2011.The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) began operating Shinsei Maru in 2013.
Operating Characteristics
| Keel Laid | 16 October 2012 |
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| Launched | 15 February 2013 |
| Completed | 30 June 2013 |
| Gross Tonnage | 1635 tons |
| Length (o.a.) | 66.00 m |
| Length (b.p.) | 59.90 m |
| Breadth (mld. ) | 13.00 m |
| Depth (mld.) | 6.20 m |
| Draft (mld.) | 4.50 m |
| Cruising Speed | 12.00 knots (13.20knots max) |
| Complement | 41 including 15 Scientists |
| Propulsion System | 5-bladed azimuth propeller, fixed pitch propeller, and propulsion electric motors (1,300kW × 2) |
Research Instruments
| Navigation | Radar equipment, Electric Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS), Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS), Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), Wide Area Differential GPS System (WADGPS), ITV equipment and Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) |
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| Deck Gears | Coaxial cable winch with 7,000 m of 10 mm φ CTD winch with 8,000m of 9.53 mm φ Medium wire winch with 7,000 m of 10 mm φ Large wire winchi with 10,000 m of 14 mm φ (portable) Optical fiber composite cable winch with 8,000 m of 17.4 mm φ (portable) Clean water sampling winch with 6,000 m m of 14 mm φ (portable) A-shaped starn gantry 5.6 m (W) x 10.0 m (H), 20 tons max. load |
| Laboratories | No.1 Laboratory (meteorological / acoustic exploration) No.2 Laboratory (dry, semi-dry and wet area) No.3 Laboratory (dark room) |
