Chinese research ship Haiyang Dizhi 9, or Ocean Geology No 9, leaves Qingdao, East China's Shandong province for a voyage on Feb 25, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
It shoulders missions from the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), such as testing the self-developed 6,000-meter TV grab bucket, hydrophone receiving linear array and shipborne ocean lidar system.
Haiyang Dizhi 9 is 87.07 meters in length, can cruise for up to 10,000 nautical miles and can reach a maximum speed over 15 knots per hour.
It is the only Chinese ship to carry out seismic, geological and geophysical study simultaneously.
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