CrimeaPRESS reports:
The Pioneer-M research vessel, built for the Sevastopol State University (SevGU), is preparing to enter the city’s main bay. Currently, it is located on the outer roads of Sevastopol. According to the press service of the university, it is planned that the ship will enter the Sevastopol Bay during the day on September 9.
A commissioning team arrived with the ship — specialists from the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation). They will have to re-mothball it, bring all the mechanisms and systems into working condition, transfer all the documents to the ship. Then the commission created by the order of the rector of the university will start working, — said Sergey Shesternenko, head of the department for the operation of research vessels of SevGU.
According to the estimates of shipbuilders and university specialists, the preparation of the necessary documentation, the process of transferring Pioneer-M to federal ownership and the subsequent transfer of the rights to operational management of the ship to the university should be completed before December. And already this year the first field trips are planned.
Since it will be at the end of the year, we depend on the weather conditions at sea. In total, we expect about five walking days , — added the interlocutor.
At the same time, the first full-scale expeditions are planned for 600 this year, Alexey Chuklin, Director of the Directorate of Scientific Activities of SevGU.
The schedule of expeditions to Pioneer-M will be drawn up before the end of this year. Moreover, it is necessary not only to declare a plan and theoretically justify the need for an exit, but also to prepare expeditionary groups — to train and draw up documents so that they can work at sea, pass a medical examination, and so on. The groups will work in the field of archeology, robotics and marine biology. Now the possibility of forming a fourth group is being considered, for example, geologists, hydrologists or hydrographers , — said Alexey Chuklin.
The groups are expected to include not only scientists but also students. Interaction with specialists from leading scientific organizations in Russia is also planned. Before going to sea, the teams will have to prepare the scientific basis for the future expedition, conduct field research, analyze the results and report on the work done.
Photo: press service of SevGU
346714 346714PortNews2022: research vessel Pioneer-M was built for the Sevastopol State University and is a small-sized catamaran-type research vessel with a composite hull. The concept of «Pioneer-M» is based on the technology of unmanned navigation (BES) thanks to an integrated control system and interaction with marine mobile research laboratories.
The Pioneer-M vessel is a part of the research complex (NIK), which is designed to train young specialists in the programs «Systems of Marine Infrastructure», «Design of Ships with BES» and «Operator of Unmanned Vessel Control Systems». The R/V will also be used to conduct educational and methodological activities in the training of shipbuilding engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, specialists in systems engineering, specialists in control systems, research engineers in the field of oceanography, hydrographers, specialists in underwater technical work, navigators , navigators, marine research specialists (archaeologists, biologists, geologists, ecologists, etc.)
The use of the R/V Pioneer-M is possible in the mode of hydrobiological work; oceanographic works; diving operations; development of BES algorithms. To achieve these goals, various variants of mobile research laboratories can be installed on the ship, depending on the goals of the expedition. It is planned to operate the vessel year-round in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas.
Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant JSC is the leader in composite shipbuilding in Russia and the only company in the country that has mastered the construction of ships and vessels from four types of materials: composite materials, shipbuilding, low-magnetic steel, aluminum-magnesium alloys. The company has mastered modern technology for manufacturing structures from composite materials by vacuum infusion. For 13 years of operation, the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard built more than 600 ships and vessels, of which more than 200 units are sea and offshore minesweepers of various projects, including those exported to 13 countries of the world.
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