Following a retrofit campaign, TDI-Brooks’ new research vessel has arrived on the US East Coast where it will perform offshore wind work.
The RV Nautilus , formerly known as Nautical Geo , reached the shores of the East Coast on 3 March after undergoing a six-month retrofit in Las Palmas.
The 75-metre-long, 2000-built DP2 vessel will provide support for the US offshore wind projects and various other subsea needs.
According to TDI-Brooks, the vessel provides a wide range of offshore support, including subsea services, construction assistance, exploration, production, AUV, ROV, and diving support, and caters to military operations, scientific marine research, and survey mapping.
Nautilus has a North American MCK-1240 upper forecastle deck on the starboard side, which includes a SWL 7.1-tonne crane and is equipped with Geomil Manta-200 CPT, Neptune 3K & 5K vibracorers, and a specially designed pneumatic vibracorer by TDI-Brooks, which are said to enable efficient and accurate geotechnical surveys and sampling.
The vessel, which offers 46 berths, is equipped with a Teledyne RESON full ocean depth multibeam echosounder (MBES) which allows for surveys up to approximately 2,500 metres of water depth, TDI-Brooks said.