AkzoNobel reports that Meng Xian, China’s first domestically designed and built ultra deep-sea research drilling vessel is being protected by more than 300,000 liters of marine coatings supplied by its International brand.
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AkzoNobel reports that Meng Xian, China’s first domestically designed and built ultra deep-sea research drilling vessel is being protected by more than 300,000 liters of marine coatings supplied by its International brand.
Meng Xian (meaning Dream) has the ability to drill as far as 11 kilometers (nearly seven miles) beneath the ocean into the Earth’s crust and upper mantle.
It is China’s largest scientific research vessel, measuring 179.8 meters in length and 32.8 meters in width and with a displacement of 42,600 tonnes. It has a range of 15,000 nautical miles, is self-supporting for 120 days and can to accommodate 180 people.
“The deep-earth core samples it retrieves will provide global scientists with direct evidence to study plate tectonics, oceanic crust evolution, ancient marine climates, and the evolution of life,” said Xu Zhenqiang, director of the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey unit of China Geological Survey. “It will aid humanity in better understanding, protecting, and utilizing the oceans.”
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