Anuanua Moana Naming Ceremony
Key points The research vessel Anuanua Moana was named and blessed in a ceremony held in the Cook Islands on February 2, 2023.
TMC ESIA – Foraminifera and eDNA
Key points Bryan O’Malley, a benthic ecologist from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, leads research on benthic foraminifera and environmental DNA (eDNA) during campaign 7A. Researchers sift deep-sea sediment for benthic foraminifera, tiny armored amoebas used as bioindicators…
MV Benguela Gem Inauguration #BirthOfTheBenguelaGem
Key points The footage revisits the inauguration of the MV Benguela Gem, held on 18 March 2022.
#BirthOfTheMVBenguelaGem
Key points Debmarine Namibia looks back at the arrival of the MV Benguela Gem, marking the vessel’s welcome into the Debmarine Namibia fleet. The clip is tied to the MV Benguela Gem inauguration.
NORI & DHI – Sediment Plume Monitoring and Analysis
Key points DHI Water & Environment is building a numerical model of sediment plume behavior generated as the collector vehicle drives across the seafloor, feeding into TMC’s environmental impact assessment. Fixed seafloor instruments, an ROV and AUVs carry CTDs, transmissometers,…
TMC @ Benchmark Gigafactories USA 2022 – Chief Financial Officer, Craig Shesky
Key points TMC has identified 1.6 billion tons of polymetallic nodules in the Clarion Clipperton Zone containing 1.3% nickel, 1.1% copper, 0.2% cobalt, and approximately 30% manganese; Mining.com ranked the company’s projects as the number one and two largest nickel projects on the…
Allseas & TMC – First Integrated Collection System Trials Since 1970s
Key points In 2022, Allseas and TMC conducted the first integrated collection system trials in the CCZ since the 1970s on the Nori D field, lifting over 3,000 tonnes of nodules from a depth of more than four kilometers. The system uses a subsea collector with pickup, processing and transfer…
TMC @ Benchmark Week 2022 – Erica Ocampo, Chief Sustainability Officer
Key points TMC Chief Sustainability Officer Erica Ocampo outlines the NORI-D project in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, about 1,500 miles west of the US coast, where nodules contain nickel, cobalt, copper and manganese. The NORI and TOML contract areas, sponsored by Nauru and Tonga, were ranked…
Expedition 5B – ROV Pelagic Surveys
Key points A team of 37 marine researchers from independent institutions, including the University of Hawaii, Texas A&M University and JAMSTEC, examined the pelagic biology of the CCZ in the NORI-D exploration area, from macro to microbial level. The expedition studied impacts of…
Anuanua Moana Galveston Dry Docking
Key points The Anuanua Moana underwent dry docking in Galveston as part of final preparations before deployment. The docking included installation of a science and research spread for environmental research and baseline data sampling in the Cook Islands. The vessel will be based in Rarotonga…