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American Ocean Minerals Announces Research Vessel Deployment To Advance Deep-Sea Research | Ocean News & Technology
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American Ocean Minerals Announces Research Vessel Deployment To Advance Deep-Sea Research | Ocean News & Technology

Ocean News & Technology·Ocean News & Technology·about 1 month ago
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Originally built in 2007 and acquired in 2022 when comprehensively refurbished, the 196-foot (~60 meters) ship is a dedicated science platform for deep-sea minerals and serves as the core offshore platform for AOMC’s asset development. Upon completion of its previously announced merger with Odyssey, AOMC expects to hold approximately 80% to 100% of Ocean Minerals LLC (OML), which owns the  Anuanua Moana  through its wholly owned subsidiary Kiva Marine Ltd. An Unmatched, Purpose-Built Platform The vessel combines multiple workstreams on a single platform, avoiding the long mobilization and demobilization integration delays typical of chartered vessels. Equipped with permanently installed sonar systems, scientific echo sounders, subsea tracking technologies, and two A-frames, it deploys a range of equipment, including tow sleds, box cores, multi-cores, and dredges for bulk seafloor sampling.…

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