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2019-09-10
Thai Government Expresses Gratitude for China's Accurate Forecasts in Phuket Shipwreck
On September 10, 2019, the 6th China-Thailand Joint Committee Meeting on Marine Cooperation was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Mr. Wijam Simachaya, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand, and Mr. Wang Qian, Deputy Director of the International Department of ...
2019-09-05
Signing of the MOU on Cooperation in Marine Spatial Planning Opens a New Chapter of China-Panama Maritime Cooperation
At the invitation of Aladar Rodriguez Diaz, President of the International Maritime University of Panama, Li Tiegang, Director of FIO, recently led a delegation to visit the International Maritime University of Panama and the Ministry of Environment of Panama, and signed the MOU on Cooperation in ...
2019-09-04
First Joint Marine Survey on East African Sea Waters
From August 30 to September 3, 2019, staff of the Ocean and Climate Research Center, the First Institute of Oceanography, the Ministry of Natural Resources (FIO, MNR) and staff of Kenya research institutes embarked on the scientific research vessel named "Mtafiti". On the East African sea waters of ...
2019-09-04
The Seventh China-Russia Joint Scientific Cruise on the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk
On September 3, in a port of Vladivostok, Russia, there successfully held the launching ceremony of the 2019 China-Russia joint scientific cruise on the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk (the seventh China-Russia joint scientific cruise) co-organized by The First Institute of Oceanography of the ...
2019-08-30
China's Team for the 10th Arctic Expedition Enters the Arctic Circle by
Local time, 16:00 August 30, 2019 (Beijing time, 12:00 August 30, 2019) China's team for the 10th Arctic Expedition entered the Arctic Circle by "Xiangyanghong 01" research vessel, and it is the vessel's first visit to the Arctic Circle.
Since its departure from Qingdao on August 10, China's 10th ...
2019-08-11
"Xiangyanghong 01" Research Vessel Departs from Qingdao for the 10th Arctic Expedition
On August 10, 2019, "Xiangyanghong 01" research vessel departs from Qingdao for the 10th Arctic expedition. It is expected to return to Qingdao on September 30, 2019 after the 50-day expedition. Before the departure, Qin Weijia, Director of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration of the ...
2019-08-10
"Haiyan" Underwater Gliders Contribute to China's 10th Arctic Expedition and Realize Their First Integrated Observation in Arctic Waters
On August 10, 2019, "Xiangyanghong 01" research vessel departed from Qingdao to conduct the 10th Arctic expedition mission (hereinafter referred to as "the 10th Arctic"). On August 25, after the expedition completed observation tasks in the open sea of Bering Sea, the FIO undertook the underwater ...
2019-07-23
FIO continues to sponsor the International CLIVAR Project Office
Approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources, the First Institute of Oceanography (FIO) will continue to sponsor the International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO) for the next five years.
CLIVAR is fully known as the "Climate and Ocean – Variability, Predictability and Change" project. Established ...
2019-07-10
Paper on potentially polluted area of Sanchi oil spill by FIO, MNR released in Science of the Total Environment in June 2019
On January 6, 2018, the Panamanian-flagged tanker Sanchi collided with the Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship CF Crystal about160 nautical miles east of the Yangtze River Estuary. Sanchi was entirely on fire after the collision. After drifting southeast for 8 days under the combined action of wind and ...
2019-06-20
The IODP Expedition 363 Post Cruise Meeting is held in Qingdao
The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 363 Post Cruise Meeting was held in Qingdao on June 17-20, 2019. The meeting was organized by the First Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources (FIO, MNR) and the IODP China Office. Li Tiegang, a research scientist ...
