Two crew members assist in hauling in a yellow research device on the research vessel Pelagia.

Facilities

NIOZ provides the Netherlands’ marine scientific community with a wide range of state-of-the-art facilities. These include research vessels and seagoing equipment to explore and sample the oceans, advanced analytical laboratories and technical support, as well as library services and a data portal that ensure long-term access to knowledge and scientific information.

Research vessels

The national research fleet consists of three innovative research vessels: RV Anna Weber-van Bosse, RV Wim Wolff and RV Adriaen Coenen, each for a specific area of operation.  

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Research vessel Adriaen Coenen passes in front of the larger research vessel Wim Wolff.

RV Adriaen Coenen passes in front of RV Wim Wolff (photo: Maarten Stenneberg, NIOZ)

Seagoing equipment

We maintain, develop and operate a diverse pool of specialized seagoing equipment for the marine science community in the Netherlands.  

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Frame with bottles hanging on the side of a ship to be ready to be lowered overboard into the sea

CTD equipment (photo: NIOZ)

Library services

The NIOZ library is a hub for scholarly information in a wide variety of ways. The library supports and works together with researchers to provide access to, advise on and disseminate scientific publications.  

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Person pointing at a photo of an old library room

The current NIOZ librarian, Daan van Loon

Data portal

We focus on safe-guarding valuable and often unique research data, and on sharing this data when possible.  

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Two researchers looking at a computer, one pointing at the screen. The computer is connected to several laboratory machines, looking like big grey boxes atop a working bench.

Computer analysis in the NIOZ laboratory (photo: NIOZ/Stefan Krofft)