Maria S. Merian 01

Malaga, Spain 17 February 2014

 

Name

MARIA S. MERIAN

Type

Multi-purpose research / Survey Vessel - Equipped for carriage of containers

IMO-number

9274197

Call sign

DBBT

Flag

Federal Republic of Germany

Port of registry

Rostock

GT

5.573 t

DWT

Summer: 1.886 t

NT

1.671 t

Containers

Deck: 14 x 20’ or 29 x 10’
Hold: 7 x 20’ or 14 x 10’

Length

94,76 m overall

86,51 m registered

Breadth

19,20 m registered

Draught

Max.: 6,50 m

Freeboard

3.013 mm

Depth

9,50 m

Speed

Servoce: 12,5 knots

Max.: 15,0 knots

Built

2006

Keel laid

11.07.2003

Launch date

15.01.2004

Date of completion

20.01.2006

Builder

Lürssen-Kröger Werft GmbH & Co. KG
Hüttenstr. 25
24790 Schacht-Audorf
Federal Republic of Germany

Yard number

1566

Hull material

Shipbuilding steel (standard)

Hull type

Double bottom

Watertight bulkheads

7

Continuous decks

1

Main engine

2x SEP2 elacric motor each 2.050 kW at 260 rpm

Year of manufacture: 2003

Manufacturer: Schottel GmbH & Co. KG
Mainzer Str. 99-101
56322 Spay/Rhein
Federal Republic of Germany

Propellers

2x Rudder propeller - aft at 2560 rpm

Boilers

1x Water heater, oil fired

Electric installations

4x Plants each 690 V - 6.500 kVA

1x Plant 400 V - 315 kVA

1x Plant 24 V - 120 Ah

1x Plant 24 V - 150 Ah

2x Plants each 24 V - 240 Ah

4x Plants each 24 V- 480 Ah

Network

Ship’s network 690/400/230 V, 50 Hz via transformer
Stabilized network 220 V, 50 Hz via alternator

Generators

2x Propulsion generators each 1.875 kVA

2x Propulsion generators each 1.375 kVA

Emergency generator

1x Diesel generatorset 315 kVA

Batteries

4x Batteries for automation each 480 Ah

1x Battery for automation 120 Ah

Compressed air receivers

3x Receivers each 1.000 litres - 30,0 bar

Bow thruster

1x SCHOTTEL Pump-jet 1.900 kW, forward

Winches

2x Mooring winches

2x friction winches 150 kN each

2x storage-winches (7.000 m, 18 mm cable or fiber-optic-cable)

2x single core winches (6.000 m, 30 kN, 11 mm cable)

1x serial winch (20 kN, 6 mm wire, 3.000 m)

Multi-purpose winch (50 kN, 11 mm wire, 6.000 m)

Laboratories and scientific rooms

Deck lab, Hangar, Dry-lab, Chem-lab, Echosounder-control room, Computer-room/ data-control, Salinometer-room, Gravimetric-room, Pulser-station, Cool-lab, 2 Moonpools

Anchor equipment

3x Anchors weight each 3.060 kg

Chain Length: 495,00 m

Lifting Gear

A-frame/stern 200 kN

3x cranes 50 kN each

2x aux. cranes 15 kN each

1x jib-boom 200 kN

1x jib-boom 70 kN

Accommodation

Max. 23 crew members and max. 23 scientists

2x Mess rooms, Conference room, Ship’s office, Fitness opportunity (sauna and exercise room)

Navigational System

2x Faseroptic gyros

Integrated navigation (2 radars, ECDIS, track pilot, Argos DF, DGPS, Doppler-log, EM-log, Sat-log)
Dynamic Positioning Class 1

Acoustic Equipment

EM 120 Multi-beam

EM1002 shallow water multi-beam

EA 600 single beam

Sub-Bottom-Profiler

ADCP

Pinger

Process-Control

video-surveillance (deck / winches)

Data acquisition & distribution

Meteorological system

Communication

GMDSS A1, A2, A3, A4

Inmarsat, Fleet 77 and 33, Iridium, Intercom, RDF, GSM, VHF, MF, HF

Manager

Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG
Hafenstr. 12
26789 Leer
Federal Republic of Germany

Operator

Institute for Marine Sciences, ‘Leitstelle METEOR’

Owner

State of Mecklenburg Vorpommern
Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnem

Registered owner

Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
Seestr. 15
18119 Rostock
Federal Republic of Germany

Latest data adjustment

29 March 2014