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Indonesia’s Basarnas Buys SMD Atom ROV

Indonesia’s national search and rescue agen- cy, Basarnas, purchased a Hydraulic Atom ROV

Cource Freire Shipyard from Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD). The ROV has been acquired to support the organization’s res-

IFREMER to Build New RV cue teams reach deeper waters. Where divers were

Freire Shipyard signed a contract with IFREMER - the French na- previously limited to 100 meters maximum, SMD’s tional institute for ocean science - for the construction of a new 40.3-m equipment will be used to facilitate rescue missions vessel for the French oceanographic ? eet. It will be designed to deal with at 1,000 meter depths. The deal was facilitated by all disciplines of oceanography in Atlantic coastal areas: geosciences and independent agent, PT Kindah Abadi Utama, and paleoclimatology, physical oceanography and biogeochemistry, biological

SMD will deliver the ROV to Basarnas in 2024. oceanography, and ecosystem functioning, from the coastline to the conti- nental shelf. It will also perform duties related to ? shery on the continental

FET ROV for Memorial University shelf and will accommodate a crew of 12 people and 10 scientists, allowing

Forum Energy Technologies (FET) won for training campaigns with teachers and students on board.

a contract from the Memorial University of

The oceanographic research vessel stands out for the wide range of en-

Newfoundland to supply an electric observation- ergy savings technologies and low-consumption solutions implemented: class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to its Fish- from the hull design, the design of the power plant, the power distribution eries and Marine Institute (MI), School of Ocean system, the heat recovery system, the level from thermal insulation to the

Technology. The primary function of the Sub- ef? ciency of air conditioning.

Atlantic Mohican ROV system will be to support

The diesel electric propulsion system will combine three main variable ocean research, while it will also be used for pilot speed generator sets (suitable for operation on biodiesel), two shaft lines technician training. For ocean research operations, driven by electric motors and a DC electric distribution system, which to- the ROV will be required to carry a payload skid gether with a battery pack will offer great performance of the power plant, for navigation, equipment and sensors, as well as optimization of consumption, good redundancy, and outstanding acoustic be capable of manipulation and intervention. The performance (not only in terms of compliance with BV COMF 2 class

Mohican is equipped for inspection tasks, non-de- notation but also with DNV SILENT-F standard). The dynamic position- structive testing, (NDT), light intervention, pipeline/ ing system and the electric bow thruster facilitate the maneuverability of cable/seabed survey, diver assist/safety, harbor and the boat.

port security, scienti? c survey and data collection,

It will have an oceanographic marine telescopic main crane at the stern renewable energy projects, civil engineering, long for marine use designed to launch and to recover scienti? c equipment tunnel excursion and for inland waterways.

(corer, buoys, etc.) and general handling on the aft part of the vessel. In addition, she will have a type A stern gantry, a T-type lateral gantry and a telescopic rail beam for CTD maneuvering. For ? shing operations, this boat will also have two trawling winches and a removable net drum.

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