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After Being Renovated, the Ship Went Through Its First Test at Sea in March Near Seattle COVER The Alpha Crucis saga After being renovated, the ship went through its first test at sea in March near Seattle. 12 | ESPECIAL ISSUE OCTOBER 2012 NEIL RabINOWITZ (WWW.NEILRabINOWITZ.COM) PUBLISHED IN MAY 2012 PUBLISHED IN MAY Fabrício Marques hurdles. and bureaucratic technical of overcoming the Brazilrequired to transfer its and shipyard a U.S. in renovation Thevessel’s port Santos. of the at may in arrived to scheduled is Paulo São of State the of vessel oceanographic new the layer, pre-salt the of exploitation and change climate biodiversity, on for research A platform PESQUISA FAPESP | 13 ever, the news was surprisingly good. “Since you t was a couple of minutes to one P.M. on can´t be here personally to see the ship sail away, March 29 when Michel Michaelovitch de I decided to bring the ship to you,” said Rose, who Mahiques, Director of the Oceanography In- had connected her computer to the shipyard’s in- stitute of the University of São Paulo (USP), ternet cable and, with the help of a webcam, sent received an e-mail that announced a tough shots of the crew and researchers boarding the day ahead. “Professor, get on Skype because I ship and sailing away. “It was raining in Seattle and Ihave a problem,” read the message sent by Rosely I was afraid of damaging my laptop, but professor Aparecida Figueiredo Prado, nicknamed Rose, who Mahiques, more than anybody else, deserved to is the import and export manager at FAPESP. The be there. That was my birthday present for him,” message sounded pessimistic because in the past Rose explained. Mahiques turned 51 on that day. 15 months, Mahiques had made enormous efforts Baptized as the Alpha Crucis, the name of the to overcome a succession of obstacles related to star that represents São Paulo on the Brazilian the purchase and renovation of the new oceano- flag, the ship sailed on its maiden voyage to the graphic vessel and its transfer to the State of São port of Santos, with its ar- Paulo. March 29 had been scheduled as the date rival scheduled for mid- for the ship to leave the shipyard in Seattle and sail May. The first crossing, to Brazil. The ship had been completely renovated named InterOceanos, was in the U.S. shipyard. Prior to its renovation, the celebrated with a poster. ship’s name had been Moana Wave, and it had Professors and students sailed under the U.S. flag. The ship had previously The ship can take 40 of USP’s Oceanograph- been owned by the University of Hawaii. ic Institute and of other Completely exhausted (“I often felt that we people (25 researchers higher education institu- would never be able to get the ship out of the Unit- tions in the state are ea- ed States because of all the obstacles we had to and 15 crewmembers) gerly awaiting the ship be- overcome,” the professor says), Mahiques was not cause it will improve the in Seattle at that time because he had been unable on board, representing quality of their research. to wait for the resolution of a problem detected an additional 10 people The ship is 64 meters long after the conclusion of the renovation. The prob- and 11 meters wide. It can lem had retained the vessel in the Seattle shipyard, over the capacity of remain at sea for up to 40 along with the crew and researchers, for 43 days. days without the need Rose had to remain in the United States during this the Professor W. to refuel. This autono- entire period, even though she had only packed my will enable research- enough clothes to stay for a week. The professor Besnard ship ers to go on transoceanic took a deep breath and logged on to Skype. How- trips, which represents a significant improvement compared to the previous ship, the Professor W. Besnard, whose autonomy was only 15 days, meaning that it could never stay far from the coast. “This acquisition will make Brazilian oceanography more competitive and will allow us to partner with countries already doing research in the South Atlantic Ocean,” says Fred- erico Brandini, a professor at the Oceanographic Institute. “The open sea of the South Atlantic is one of the least known oceans in the world,” he adds. The Alpha Crucis can take 40 people on board, 25 researchers and 15 crewmembers, rep- resenting an additional 10 people compared to the previous ship. “We can take bigger research teams, with specialists from different fields. Re- search studies on oceans are becoming increas- ingly more interdisciplinary,” says Ilson Silveira, who teaches at the Oceanographic Institute and is one of the researchers who sailed most frequently on the Professor W. Besnard. The new ship is equipped with two engines and a system that allows it to anchor in the ocean. The Alpha Crucis will enable researchers to con- 14 | ESPECIAL ISSUE OCTOBER 2012 O T UIZ NONNA UIZ L PHOTOS The Alpha Crucis control room at three different times: before the renovation (top left), after the existing objective of this cruise is to install the first Brazil- equipment had been ian-made Atlas buoy as part of the projects funded removed at the shipyard by CNPq and FAPESP. “The main purpose of the in Seattle (left) and buoy is to monitor the conditions of the ocean and re-equipped (top right). On the previous page, of the atmosphere in the region off the coast of the ship with its former the State of Santa Catarina, where Hurricane Ca- name, Moana Wave tarina was formed in 2004,” explains Edmo Cam- pos, who is also a professor at the Oceanographic Institute. Professor Cam- duct more accurate studies on sea currents than pos is the coordinator of those conducted by researchers on the Profes- the Atlas-B project and sor W. Besnard. The older ship is equipped with of the ocean activities of only one engine and moves constantly when it “The improved the National Science and is anchored for use as an oceanographic station. quality of the Technology Institute for “The fact that we have a modern ship and state- Climate Change. Anoth- of-the-art equipment will enable us to improve collected information er cruise, scheduled for the quality of the information and of the research the first three weeks of endeavors and take them to a higher level,” says will be outstanding,” December, is part of the Luiz Nonnato, an engineer at the Oceanographic Samoc Project, an inter- Institute’s instrumentation laboratory. Nonnato says engineer Luiz national research proj- designed the ship’s new equipment. Among the Nonnato. ect focused on the study new equipment is a multi-beam ecoprobe that of the southward heat can provide images of the bottom of the sea for flux in the South Atlan- the purpose of surveying the terrain. “We had tic. Samoc is a joint ef- never had equipment of this kind – it was some- fort of institutions from thing we had always wanted,” says Nonnato. The Brazil, South Africa, the ship is also equipped with two acoustic systems, United States, France and other European coun- appropriate for surveying ocean currents, and a tries. “The Brazilian component is being entirely meteorological station. A computer room will funded by FAPESP. Brazil’s contribution will be integrate all of the data provided by the equip- in the form of the monitoring of the western part ment, which will allow researchers to use data of a transoceanic line between Brazil and South in real time. Africa. The United States, France, and South Af- The ship will begin operating as an open sea rica will be responsible for the rest of the net- platform as of the second half of the year. It has work,” says Campos, who also coordinates the already been scheduled to go on several cruises. Samoc Project. The first cruise is for a project of the Carbom In addition to being used by professors of the National Institute of Science and Technology, Oceanographic Institute, the ship will be used by coordinated by Professor Frederico Brandini, the researchers working on two FAPESP programs: objective of which is to study carbon fluxes on one is the Program on Global Climate Change, Brazil’s continental margin. The second cruise, which includes a project coordinated by researcher the Atlas-B, is scheduled for November, and the Tércio Ambrizzi of USP’s Institute of Astronomy, PESQUISA FAPESP | 15 Janeiro or Santa Catarina and tow the ship to INI T the shipyard, but nobody was sure of whether the ship would survive the journey. It was also HICO VICEN HICO unfeasible to buy a new ship because of the high cost – more than US$ 30 million. However, pur- chasing a second-hand ship and renovating it was a tempting option. With the support of other professors from the institute, Mahiques visited several countries to Rosely, from look at research ships for sale. Some were too FAPESP (left), expensive, while others had seen better days. He spent two periods found the Moana Wave – renamed Alpha Crucis in the United States to clear the – on his 19th attempt. The vessel had been pur- ship’s transfer chased by the Stabbert Shipyard in Seattle after having been used by the University of Hawaii. It had then been leased to the U.S.’s National Oce- Geophysics, and Atmosphere Sciences (IAG), and anic and Atmospheric the other is the Biota-FAPESP program for studies Association (NOAA); on biodiversity. The ship will also be made avail- NOAA had sent the able to other São Paulo State institutions.
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