LIPI will get more ships to boost research activities<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) will
\nget two more ocean research ships in late 1997, according to an
\nagreement it signed with a Norwegian shipyard company over the
\nweekend.<\/p>\n
The contract to build the ships, costing about Rp 65 billion
\n(US$28 million), was signed by Indra Aswandi, from LIPI's
\nOceanography Research and Development Center, and Paal Marten,
\nthe Director of the Norwegian company, Mjellem & Karlsen.<\/p>\n
Also at the ceremony were LIPI's chairman Soefjan Tsauri and
\nNorwegian Ambassador H.E. Jan Wessel Hegg.<\/p>\n
\"The new sea research vessels are expected to replace our
\noutdated research vessels,\" Soefjan said.<\/p>\n
The new 800-ton ocean research ships, named Baruna 7 and 8,
\nwill aid research in meteorology, marine biology, geology and
\ngeophysics.<\/p>\n
The LIPI oceanography department already has two ships for
\nocean research, the 200-ton KM Samudra, which was built in the
\nNetherlands 54 years ago, and the 100-ton KM Soeriaatmadja.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has four other research ships, namely Baruna 1,2,3
\nand 4; all are held by the Agency for Technology Assessment and
\nApplication (BPPT). It is hard for LIPI to use these ships
\nbecause they are also used by other institutions.<\/p>\n
According to Malikusworo Hutomo, head of the LIPI Oceanography
\nInformation Department, a joint research project would be
\nundertaken by Indonesian and Norwegian scholars during the two-
\nmonth sailing period following the hand over of Baruna 7 and 8.<\/p>\n
On their way from Bergen, Norway, to Indonesia, the research
\nteam will study the eastern waters of Indonesia.<\/p>\n
The new ships will sail across the Atlantic Ocean, the
\nMediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the west coast
\nof Sumatra, the south coast of Java, the Lombok Straits and the
\nJava Sea.<\/p>\n
Dubbed TROPICS (Tropical River Ocean Processes in Coastal
\nSettings), the research team will study rivers' impacts on marine
\necosystems. It will also observe oceanography, geology,
\nmeteorology, global tides and their impact on tropical areas. (14)<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/lipi-will-get-more-ships-to-boost-research-activities-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}