Progress report for
Environmental monitoring with one of the world's most modern research vessels
Achievement at a glance
The vessel has been delivered and is now in use for Swedish marine monitoring and research. After a procurement process, the design of the vessel was commissioned to Skipsteknisk A/S in Norway, and the construction to the ship builders Astilleros Armon in Spain. The total period for design andconstruction was expected to be 26 months, in the end the delivery was carried out after 29 months, in July 2019. The slight shift in delivery date was mainly due to a few extra modifications of the performance and equipment of the vessel orderd by the client during the construction period.
After launching the vessel in July 2018, the remaining period of the buildiing phase was largely utilised to equip her with all gears needed for scientific purposes, such as cranes and winches, as well as furnishing and installing the laboratories, living spaces, navigational spaces and related equipment.
The vessel finally became close to 70 m long all-over, and is fully equipped for fisheries research as well as marine research and monitoring, for example water quality measurements. She is being used mainly by the Swedish Agricultural University, who also owns the vessel, and by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Instutute. Staff from the Swedish Maritime Administration are responsible for running the vessel. To some extent it will be possible for other interested parties (such as universities) to use the capacity of this highly capable ship.
More information can be found at https://www.slu.se/en/Collaborative-Centres-and-Projects/research-vessel-svea/
Beneficiaries
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