RV Skagerak

RV Skagerak is owned by the University of Gothenburg and operated by Northern Offshore Services. Completed in 2022, Skagerak offers state-of-the-art equipment for multidisciplinary marine research and education. It was built specifically to support Sweden’s marine research and education and can be chartered by any research users internationally. Skagerak has diesel-electric propulsion and Dynamic Positioning 1, and is classed as a Special Purpose Vessel, Ice Class 1B, Cleanship, with Sea Area A (all seas) range. Skagerak has a maximum endurance of 3 weeks at sea before requiring fuel and water.

49.15 m

Length

11.25 m

Width

3.9 m

Draft (max)

916

Gross Tonnage

Area of operation

Skagerak usually operates within the yellow region shown on the map, however voyages can be undertaken in any seas.

Skagerak has operated throughout the Baltic Proper, Bothnia Bay, North Sea, Iceland, Greenland and Svalbard when there is a research request for it. Voyages that require long transits (i.e. orange regions) are possible if they precede or follow an existing Skagerak campaign in that region, or if there are several applications for ship time that can be done back-to-back.

Skagerak also plans to undertake one research voyage to Iceland/Greenland/Svalbard per year if there is sufficient interest. Anyone interested in research in these areas are invited to discuss options with the Skagerak staff.

Availability and opportunities

View the Skagerak annual schedule here.

Skagerak runs a number of courses for the University of Gothenburg each year, and these dates are set in October of the preceding year. All dates outside of these teaching weeks are available to be booked for research voyages.

**2025 Opportunity** RV Skagerak has initial plans to be in Iceland and the Denmark Straight during summer of 2025 for a research voyage. SWERVE applications for research voyages in this region are therefore possible.

Built-in Scientific Equipment

Multibeam (Kongsberg EM 2040)
Sub-bottom Profiler (Topas PS40)
USBL Positioning (Kongsberg HiPAP 501)
Gyro Motion reference (Kongsberg MRU5+)
ADCP current profiler (RDI, Ocean Surveyor)
Ferrybox (Jena engineering -4H-, Salinity, Temp, O2, Fluorescense (phycocyanine + chlorophyll-a))
CTD (Sea-Bird SBE911 + SBE 32, 24 bottles incl. turbidity, fluorescence, O2 + PAR)
Radiation (Kipp & Zonen, PAR, Pyranometer)

Outside/Work Deck Capabilities

Multifunctional deck space: 133m2
Container fittings: 40ft, 20ft, 10ft combinations
Hanger: 38.3m2
A-Frame: Moveable, reach 7m, 8tonnes
Deck crane: Triplex KN10; max 10m SWL 2t; 6m SWL 4t
Power: Outlets for 400V 125A; 400V 21A; 230V 16A
Oceanographic winch: 2000m (12mm) fiberoptic and electric cable, 4tonnes
CTD winch: 4000m (8.3mm) fiberoptic and electric cable, 4 tonnes
Plankton Winch: 1000m (6mm) dynamo rope
2 x general purpose winches: 2 x 2000m (16mm) galvanized wire
Telescopic Boom: Triplex, max 3.8m SWL 3tonnes

Accommodation +
Laboratory Facilities

Cabins: 5 single berth, 5 double berth and 2 berth for 3 people. Crew usually occupy 5-7 places.
Main laboratory: 29 m²
Sea-water laboratory: 9 m²
Dry laboratory: 13 m²
Atmospheric laboratory: 11 m²
CTD control room: 9m2,

Contact

Louise Newman – Ship Manager, RV Skagerak

Phone

0766182541

louise.newman@gu.se