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New Polish Research Ship In Charter
01 Nov 2006
The new multi-purpose research catamaran Imor of the Polish Maritime Institute Gdansk (MIG) has gone into charter service in the North Sea for Germany’s RS Research Shipping. The 321 gross ton vessel headed offshore from Cuxhaven after picking up additional specialised personnel. That was part of a charter operation to carry out hydrographic and geophysical tests for a wind farm location project.
The first charter job of Imor, which can accommodate up to 11 scientists as well as a regular crew of six, was maintenance work on offshore wind energy installations. That was being followed by pipe line survey work. The 32.5m long, 10.5m wide ship, drawing 2.5m, is also equipped for environmental and ocean measurement tasks for the oil and gas industry.The vessel has electric drive, a top speed of 10 knots and an operational range of 2,500 kms.
Imor is the first research vessel to be designed and engineered for coastal zone and shallow water exploration and research in Poland. Its main task is to monitor Polish coastal waters and assess sediment resources for beach reinforcement. The vessel is also being made available, as the no doubt lucrative RS Shipping contract indicates, for what the MIG described as ‘pre-investment services’ in the Baltic area.
Imor was built at the Gdynia yard of the Netherlands based Damen Shipbuilding Group and named with fanfare in February. A ceremony in Gdynia was attended by Polish Government officials, local authorities, university and school heads as well as by research institute and Polish Navy representatives.
Imor replaces the research ship Dr Lubecki.
The MIG said numerous ‘innovative and sometimes unique’ projects in the Baltic were carried out over more than 20 years on that veteran. Imor’s first job after going into service was the geophysical survey of the Bay of Gdansk during which it demonstrated ‘high effectiveness and outstanding manoeuverability’
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