Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Research Vessels

Since coming under new ownership in March 2007 McGregor now has exclusive access to three dedicated, ocean going survey ships; the R/V Strait Signet, the R/V Strait Explorer, and the R/V Strait Hunter.  In addition to the three fully outfitted survey ships McGregor also owns and operates two near shore survey launches.

R/V Strait Signet

 

The R/V Strait Signet is a 40m, ice strengthened survey platform that is ideally suited for conducting surveys in the 10-750m water depth range.  The vessel offers accommodation for 20 personnel, survey lab/processing rooms, A-frame and suitable deck space for deployment and recovery of seabed mapping and sampling tools.

R/V Strait Explorer

 

 

 

 

  

The R/V Strait Explorer, a 46 m ice classed (1A Super) vessel is equipped for conducting surveys in the 50-3500m depth range. The vessel offers accommodation for 26 personnel and is ideally suited for a number of survey applications including 2D High Resolution seismic, environmental baseline studies, seabed sampling, route surveys and a wide range of other marine survey applications. 

 

 

 

 

R/V Strait Hunter

 

The R/V Strait Hunter is a 60m vessel with an ice strengthened hull and has been built and maintained as a survey research platform. With accommodations for 36 personnel, large air conditioned survey rooms, on and offline processing areas, built-in work stations and spacious deck it is ideally suited for surveys in water depths ranging from 100m to full ocean depth.

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