NERC Orders New Ship
The UK Natural Environment Research Council, which has an annual budget of around £ 300m to fund and undertake impartial research in environmental sciences, has commissioned construction of a new £ 36m 5,000 tonne vessel, James Cook. To be built by Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk in Norway, she will replace the 20 year-old RRS Darwin for operation worldwide from the tropics to the edge of ice sheets.
The UK Natural Environment Research Council, which has an annual budget of around £ 300m to fund and undertake impartial research in environmental sciences, has commissioned construction of a new £ 36m 5,000 tonne vessel, James Cook. To be built by Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk in Norway, she will replace the 20 year-old RRS Darwin for operation worldwide from the tropics to the edge of ice sheets.
