26,322 Ft.: OSIL Giant Piston Corer Breaks Deep-Ocean Sampling Record
has broken two records in scientific ocean drilling and coring on the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 386.The expedition has been staged by the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) to gain an insight into the seismic history of the study region off the Japanese coast, and is supported by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (Jamstec). On Friday May 14, 2021, the team on board the RV Kaimei recorded an historic sampling water depth of 8,023m (26,322 ft.), and recovered a 37.74m core in a 40m barrel string, a 94.3% recovery rate and record
ASV Mobile Station-Keeping Buoy Delivered
Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) delivers first C-Stat 2 Mobile Station Keeping Buoy to Japan's Tohoku University. Designed and developed by ASV, the buoy will be used by the University to help predict earthquakes off the Japanese coast. The C-Stat hull is made of aluminium with a PU coated closed cell foam fender and is powered by a hybrid diesel-electric drive system. An integral fuel tank provides an endurance of four and a half days in currents of up to 3.5knots and over 20 days in lower speed currents such as 1.5-2 knots. The vessel can be controlled by a UHF data link for line of