Chile will export its first floating laboratory to the United States after ASENAV signed a contract to build a hybrid vessel dedicated to ocean research for the University California of San Diego.From
Chile will export its first floating laboratory to the United States after ASENAV signed a contract to build a hybrid vessel dedicated to ocean research for the University California of San Diego.
From its home port in San Diego, California, the 38-meter vessel will serve hundreds of scientists and students each year along the Eastern Pacific coast as part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. The NB 201 project, designed by US-based naval architecture firm Glosten, will replace Research Vessel Robert Gordon Sproul, the current coastal research vessel being retired after nearly four decades of service.
The electrically propelled vessel will carry up to 20 people (crew, students and scientists) and will serve missions for Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The project has an estimated timeline of 24 months and covers a comprehensive scope of design, construction, testing, and trials through to delivery of the vessel, projected for July 2028.
The ship will be capable of operating more than 200 days per year at sea to fulfill operations demanding the highest scientific, acoustic, and environmental standards.
Chilean Naval Engineering at the Service of Marine Research
The vessel will be designated in the U.S. Academic Research Fleet as a Coastal Class Research Vessel.
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