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PKNU, held a launching ceremony of ocean exploration ship "Naraho".
작성자 Department of External Cooperation 작성일 2014-07-12
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작성자,작성일,첨부파일,조회수로 작성된 표
PKNU, held a launching ceremony of ocean exploration ship "Naraho".
Department of External Cooperation 2014-07-12 1796

Pukyong National University held a launching ceremony of ocean exploration ship "Naraho".
- Held at Yeongdo shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries on the 3rd … planned to be transferred in March next year after test March next year

Pukyong National University(President Kim Young Seup) and Hanjin Heavy Industries(co.,Ltd)(CEO Choi Seong mun) held a launching ceremony of "Naraho" at the 2nd erection stage of district A in Yeongdo shipyard, Hanjin Heavy Industries(co.,Ltd)(CEO Choi Seong Mun) in the morning of the 3rd.

Naraho, the total project cost of 31 billion 20 million won was invested in and started to be constructed in last September, is an ocean exploration ship with 70.70m in length, width in 13.50m, and 1,500 in tonnage. It sails at 14.5 knots maximum with 66 trainees and crew on board.

The ceremony was progressed in the order of cutting a tape of student Mun Bo Ra, chosen as the representative of PKNU (woman ‧ senior in ecological engineering department), the transfer of naming book, and champagne breaking.
The most important feature of the Naraho is it applies electric propulsion system. Equipped with electrical propeller instead of the existing diesel engine, Naraho is a Green Ship highly expected to minimize marine pollution.

In particular, another pride of Naraho is it was equipped with self-position control system(DPS) which automatically controls the vessel’s location changed by tide and wave during exploration with the aid of satellite navigation system(GPS). This system, the very new technology and applied to Naraho for the second time nationally after ‘Araon’, the ice breaker, enables the efficient and accurate exploration even in extreme environments.

At the same time, with various advanced equipments such as sub bottom profiler, ultrasonic current meter and deep sea winch for the purpose of supporting the portable researching and inspecting equipments, Naraho will conduct missions of researching and examining chemical, physical, biological, geological, and weather conditions and boarding training in the ocean and littoral sea.

Naraho is planned to be transferred in March, 2015 to Pukyong National University, following the launching ceremony and uncompleted interior work and testing the installed equipments.

Kim Young Seup, the president of PKNU said in congratulatory address "In order to explore and take advantage of the sea, the marine science and technology should be based and the point is to foster the advanced human resources,“ and, "as a marine campus responsible for the nurturing human resources and the development of marine science and technology, Naraho will open up a new chapter of ocean exploration in Korea.”  <Pukyong Today>