SAGARANVESHIKA

SAGARANVESHIKA (IMO: 9867217) is a baycraft vessel sailing under the India flag. It has an overall length of 108 feets and a beam of 46 feets.

SAGARANVESHIKA

Vessel Identification

Vessel Specification

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Owner / Operator

Operating Region

• Primary operational area: Indian Ocean
• Deployed in support of deep-sea mineral exploration and oceanographic research
• Operates in Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of India and international waters of the Indian Ocean

Vessel Description

Sagaranveshika (Sanskrit: Ocean Explorer) is an Indian oceanographic and deep-sea research vessel operated by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). The vessel was purpose-built to support India's Deep Ocean Mission and national programs related to seabed mineral resource exploration, particularly polymetallic nodule surveys in the Central Indian Ocean Basin.

The vessel is equipped to conduct a range of scientific activities including:

• Geological and geophysical surveys
• Deep-sea sampling and coring
• Oceanographic data collection
• Environmental baseline studies

The vessel represents a significant component of India's strategic investment in understanding and responsibly utilizing deep-sea resources within its designated exploration blocks allocated by the International Seabed Authority (ISA).

Data Notice: Several technical fields (propulsion details, navigation/communications equipment specifications, and full dimensional data) are not independently verifiable from open public sources at time of publication. Users are advised to cross-reference with Indian Register of Shipping (IRS), IMO GISIS, or NIOT official publications for authoritative specifications.