Marine Resources Survey Ship : HAKUREI

[ Special Purpose Ships ]

[ SHIP & OCEAN ]

The vessel was commissioned by the Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) and built at MHI Group’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works. She is fitted with two types of Japan’s first large-scale drilling rigs, which can be used selectively depending on the research objectives or the condition of the sea floor and/or geological features.