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Donation of research vessel and sampling equipment to KMFRI

3 May 2013

The donation of the RV Zeeleeuw (now RV Mtafiti) by the government of Flanders to Kenya was framed within the MoU between VLIZ and KMFRI. VLIZ coordinated and facilitated the preparations involved with the translocation of the ship from the harbor of Ostend (Belgium) to Mombasa (Kenya).The oceanographic research vessel will now be managed by KMFRI while the Kenyan Navy will be the crew.

VLIZ provided and installed navigation tools and sampling equipment on board of the RV Mtafiti:

  • DGPS
  • PC's
  • Single-beam echosounder
  • underway data acquisition system
  • Van Veen grab
  • Niskin bottle
  • water purification system
  • conductivity temperature depth profiler (CTD)
  • fume hood
  • thermosalinograph

For the technical specifications of the ship, click here.