RV Bilim-2
research vessel
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- RV Bilim-2
- IMO number
- 7729667
- MMSI
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- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- research vessel
- Gross tonnage
- 433
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 40.5 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1983
- Builder
- Istanbul Naval Shipyard
- Registered owner
- Middle East Technical University
- Operator
- Institute of Marine Sciences
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About RV Bilim-2
The RV Bilim-2 is a Turkish research vessel owned by the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and operated in deep waters by its Institute of Marine Sciences based in Erdemli, Mersin, Turkey. She was built by Istanbul Naval Shipyard in Pendik, Istanbul and launched in 1983 as RV Bilim (Turkish for "Science"). In 2006, she was renamed Bilim-2. She is the institute's main ship beside its two other smaller wooden-hull research boats, the 1979-built RV Erdemli and the 1981-built RV Lamas-1. Bilim-2 is equipped with a hydraulic trawl winch of 7.5 tonnes and 2 x 1,500 m (4,900 ft) wire capacity and a hydraulic net winch of 6-tonne capacity for fisheries and marine biological investigations. Marine geological studies are conducted using a shallow seismic system of type EG&G Uniboom, side-scan sonars, and various corers.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is RV Bilim-2 now?
- RV Bilim-2 has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is RV Bilim-2?
- RV Bilim-2 is a research vessel, built in 1983 by Istanbul Naval Shipyard. The vessel is 40.5 m long and has a gross tonnage of 433.
- Who owns RV Bilim-2?
- RV Bilim-2 is registered to Middle East Technical University and operated by Institute of Marine Sciences. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has RV Bilim-2 been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for RV Bilim-2 appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).