For a vessel that’s spent decades cleaning up trash in the ocean, this is perhaps the cruelest of fates. The Kaisei, a large double-masted sailing ship whose mission has long been to raise awareness ...

China has launched what it describes as the world’s first semi-submersible ultra-large floating marine research platform, a facility designed for year-round deep-sea operations that sits at the center ...

China has taken a significant step in expanding its ocean research capabilities with the launch of a new deep-sea, all-weather floating research facility in Shanghai. The project, positioned as a key ...

Earlier, the institute and the design bureau inked an agreement on design, building and upgrade of research vessels MOSCOW, June 4. /TASS/. The Institute of Oceanology (the Russian Academy of Sciences ...

Russia wields a formidable capability to target NATO’s undersea infrastructure in critical regions such as the Baltic, Barents, and North Seas, as well as across the world’s oceans: its “research” ...

Like most things in life, once research vessels reach middle age, they start to feel the wear and tear of daily activities. So, when the University of Delaware Research Vessel Hugh R. Sharp reached ...

The U.S. oceanographic research community depends on a complex network of ships and institutions for scientific discovery at sea. The University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) is the ...

USNS Bowditch pier side during a visit to India. At sea, research vessels are tools of maritime power. America’s ocean research fleet is in flux, with Trump Administration cuts hitting an aged fleet ...

SYDNEY, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Five Chinese research vessels, including ships used for space and missile tracking and underwater mapping, were active in the northwest Pacific last month, as the United ...

UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to select a shipyard to perform the final design and assembly of the university’s new Coastal Class Research ...

Sri Lanka is again caught in a controversy surrounding a foreign research vessel. Its media has reported that the U.N.-flagged research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, operated by the Food and Agriculture ...