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Name |
MERIDIAN |
Type |
Multi-purpose shallow water and continental shelf survey catamaran vessel |
IMO-number |
9299977 |
Call sign |
ZDJC9 |
Flag |
Gibraltar |
Port of registry |
Gibraltar |
GT |
360 t |
DWT |
Summer: 67 t |
NT |
108 t |
Length |
42,35 m overall 39,69 m between perpendiculars |
Breadth |
10,34 m extreme 10,10 m moulded |
Draught |
1,40 m |
Freeboard |
1.406 mm |
Depth |
2,90 m |
Speed |
12,5 knots |
Built |
2003 |
Keel laid |
21/11/2002 |
Launch date |
16/08/2003 |
Date of completion |
17/10/2003 |
Builder |
Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld Hardinxveld Giessendam The Netherlands |
Yard number |
1548 |
Hull material |
Aluminium |
Hull type |
Single hull |
Watertight compartments |
7 |
Contibuaus decks |
1 |
Main engine |
2x MAN 2876LE402 - 4 stroke 6 cylinder 128 x 166 mm combustion engines each 375 kW at 2.100 rpm Toat: 750 kw / 10.20 hp Builder: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG, Neurenberg - Germany |
Propulsion |
2x Schottel STP 200 azimuth thruster solid at 610 rpm |
Generators |
2x MAN D2866LXE30 diesel generatorset each 120 kVA - 96 kW - 156 hp / 400 VAC 50 Hz 1x Hatz 3L41 diesel generatorset 30 kVA - 24 kW - 41 hp / 400 VAC 50 Hz |
Bow thruster |
1x Tunnel 50 kW |
Azimuth bow thruster |
2x Schottel SPJ17 @ 65 kW |
Deck space |
160 m² |
Handling equipment & winches |
1x Crane Palfinger PK 14080MC - SWL 13,4 t knuckleboom A-Frame: 5,00m (h) x 4,20 m (w) - SWL 6 t SWL w/6 t winch 1x Front Support Crane - SWL 0,5 t Survey: 1x winch 3.000 m tow-cable Coring: 1x winch 250 m Other: Constant tension winch for wreck-sweep surveys Twistlock facility to install optional winches and small containers |
Moon pool |
1x 0,6 m diameter 1x 2,25 m x 1,50 m |
Tank capacities |
Marine gas oil: 40 m³ Fresh water: 10 m³ |
Anchor equipment |
Length: 137,50 m Diameter: 16 mm |
Accommodation |
18 Persons with full air-conditioning |
Facilities |
1x Survey: On-line survey room 1x Processing: Off-line survey room 1x Conference: Conference / dining room |
Bridge/Radio room |
Navigation: Radar Simrad Ra73 Radar: Furuno ARPA (X-band) DGPS:Simrad Gn33, Gyro compass (Anschütz STD 20) Communication: High Speed VSAT (e-mail & Internet),Fleet 77 Inmarsat, GSM, Inmarsat |
Main survey systems |
Echo Sounder: Atlas Deso 25 Dual Frequency SBES Multibeam Echo Sounder Reson Seabat Dual head 7125 Dual frequency (200 kHz/400 kHz) (for shallow waters) Kongsberg EM 710 (2°x2°) to 2.000 m Side Scan Sonar: Klein 3210 Digital 100 kHz/500 kHz Sub-bottom Profiler: GeoAcoustics Pipeliner Magnetometer: Marine Magnetics SeaSPY DGPS Positioning: Fugro StarFix HP/XP, Fugro StarPack G2 Motion Sensor: Coda Octopus F180; iXSea Octans Acoustic Positioning: Nautronix ATS II USBL Sound Velocity: Sensors Moving Vessel Profiler MVP 30 Valeport Mini SV AML SV Smart Sensor |
Manager |
Fugro Marine Services B.V. Veurse Achterweg 10 2260 AB Leidschendam The Netherlands |
Registered owner |
Fugro Osae GmbH Bremen Germany |
Renamed |
02/2018 Fugro Mercator Bahamas, Nassau - Call sign: C6DU5 Reg. owner: Kika Shipping B.V., Nootdorp - The Netherlands manager: Fugro Marine Services BV, Leidschendam - The Netherlands |
Latest data adjustment |
14 October 2024 |