Connecticut agency adds BRIX-built research vessel

Connecticut agency adds BRIX-built research vessel

(PORT ANGELES, Wash.) — BRIX Marine has delivered R/V Sound Outlook, a custom 4416-CTC research vessel built for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP). The vessel departed Port Angeles by truck in early June and is bound for Old Lyme, Conn., where it will support the agency’s marine research and environmental monitoring operations. Sound Outlook is…
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R/V Sikuliaq embarks on its first journey to Antarctica

R/V Sikuliaq embarks on its first journey to Antarctica

(SEWARD, Alaska) — The research vessel Sikuliaq began a long journey to Antarctica last week, marking a new era for the Seward-based ship and its crew. Sikuliaq, which has been owned by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) since 2014, has largely been used in…
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R.I.-based research vessel retiring after half-century of duty

R.I.-based research vessel retiring after half-century of duty

(NARRAGANSETT, R.I.) — After nearly 50 years of continuous operation, the research vessel Endeavor will be retired from service upon completion of its final mission this month. Owned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography under a charter party agreement, the 185-foot ship was first launched in 1975. Over…
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