The catamaran is equipped with specialized equipment for interdisciplinary environmental research and nature of the Baltic Sea. In addition to the laboratories inside the ship there are also observatories and seminar room for students. Thanks to the extensive range of accessories, “Oceanograf” is one of the most modern research vessels operating in the Baltic Sea.
Due to the various range of research carried out using the ship (research seabed bathymetric research, chemical research, geological research), “Oceanographer” combines the functions of various vessels units. The ship uses double-hull design that reduces roll angle which is especially important when conducting research at sea as every unintended movement of the ship can disrupt accuracy of measurements.

Vessel’s Equipment: 

• Laboratories:
  • Wet lab laboratory: 7,7 x 4,1 meters
  • Measurement laboratory – 3,7 x 2,9 meters
  • Aseptic laboratory – 2,2 x 3,8 meters
  • Thermostatistic laboratory – 3,6 x 2 meters
• Aerosol observatory
• Compass deck with observation posts
• Work aft deck 10 x 9 m
• Students class equipped with audiovisual instruments, wi-fi, Internet
• Social accommodation: mess room, kitchen, pantry, laundry

Main scientific equipment:

• Stern fishing equipment for bottom and pelagic (midwater) trawling
• Beam trawling set
• Wire trawl sonar Simrad FS70 with real-time catch monitoring system PI50/60
• Gillnets operating equipment
• Set of three split beam echo sounders Simrad EK80
• Multibeam echo sounder SeaBat 7125 SV2, Reson
• Flowmeter ADCP, Teledyne, RD Instruments Workhouse Mariner
• Radiance and Irradiance Sensors RAMSES by TriOS for analysing light above and below water surface
• Multi Plankton Sampler (MultiNet) Midi
• OSIL multiple sediment sampler Maxicorer
• MINI-ROV GUARDIAN 2.1 remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) with umbilical cable, SUBSEA TECH
• Towed scan sonar Multi-Purpose Survey System 4200, Edge Tech
• Portable Sub-bottom Profiler 3100, Edge Tech
• Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) positioning and tracking system Easytrak Nexus, Applied Acoustics Underwater Technology
• Lightweight Vibrocorer 3+6, OSIL
• Multi Sediment Trap/24, Hydrobios
• PM-10 high volume air sampler for collecting ambient particulate matter, TISCH Environmental
• Optical plankton counter Flow CAM VS-IV
• Carousel water sampler with CTD profiler and extra sensors, SeaBird Electronics SBE 25plus SEALOGGER
• Flow cytometer FACS Jazz, Becton Dickinson (BD Biosciences)
• Box Corer 80.000, KC Denmark A/S
• miniCTD Probe, Valeport
• Vaisala Maritime Observation System MAWS410

Deck equipment:

• Radio controlled deck crane 4 t
• Aft gantry 35kN or 70 kN
• Two trawl winches from 32 to 52 kN
• Two net winches 2,5 m3
• Cable line winch 35 kN
• Cable line winch 5 kN
• Two lean deck aft cranes 300 kg
• Two lean deck bow cranes 300 kg
• Board gantry with two winches 300 kg each
• Bow crane 50 kg
• Hull mounted shift able sounder devices: Reson, Split Beam, USBL
• Horizontal echo sounder Farsounder FS-3
• S-490 Sportis rib boat