Max Rover

ROV Max Rover Mark II

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Infrastructure Profile

Infrastructure Provider

Location

Piraeus, Greece

Organisation & Address

HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH

46.7 km Athinon-Souniou Avenue, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece

Infrastructure Webpage

Visit Website

Link to Vessel/Infrastructure Schedules (if applicable)

Normal Area of Operation

Within any of the Lighthouse regions, to a max depth of 2000 m

Maximum Number of Days Available

90 days

Scientists’ Travel and Logistics (T&L) Budget Available

€ 1,000.00

Overview

Depth Rating

2000 m

Length

2.2 m

Width

0.9 m

Height (incl. draft for USV)

2.0 m

Weight in Air

1300 kg

Total System Weight

< 6.5 T

Payload

68 kg

Endurance (AUV, Gliders, USV)

Scientific and Technical Specifications

General Information

ROV Max Rover Mark II is suitable for;

– Deployment and recovery of instruments (e.g. Sediment traps, Logging devices, seismographs and samplers all over Mediterranean, Black and Red Seas)

-Biological and geological sampling (e.g. sampling with special made tools, push cores, rock sampling, coral sampling)

-Making videos, mosaicking (e.g. Scientific videos recording and mosaicking, archaeological site video)

2. Marine Archaeology (e.g. video recording, mosaicking and recovery of artefacts)

3. Installing and repairing of sea deep infrastructures (deep observatories, power and communication cables.)

4. Assistance in recovering large objects at sea (e.g. Recovering of a F16 airplane from 850 m depth)

Our ROV & team has already been used by Spanish, German, Israeli, American and Saudi scientific teams at many sites in the Mediterranean Sea (South Alboran Basin, and Balearic Sea, north of Alexandria, Egypt, Cyprus Basin), all over the Red Sea and the Aegean Sea.

Vessel Requirements (if applicable)

Due to the ROV’s system not being permanently installed on a ship and its control consoles not being installed in a container, it has been used from many different ships and is easily deployed

Thrusters

Underwater speed: 2.5 knots (fwd/rev), 1.5 knots (vert/lat), bollard pull: 160 kg

Cameras

3 x Colour CCD video camera ( 30x HQ zoom camera), 2x HD cameras (1920×1080),1xDigital Still Photo Camera with 4 green lasers; Lights: 4 x 100 W HID lights and 2 x 150 W Quartz lights.

Positioning (USBL, etc.)

Accurate positioning using 1x Workhorse DVL; 1 x Tracklink 10000 USBL system with 3 pingers (max 4000 m depth) or 1x Tracklink 1500 system with 8 pingers (max 1000 m depth)

Instruments/Scientific Payload

Sonars: Tritech Dual Frequency Scanning Sonar (675/1200 KHz) , Tritech Side Scan Sonar (910 KHz); Tritech Sub bottom profiler (10 Khz)

Optional Items

Extras: 1xSM 9/125 optical Fibber for general use, 1xEthernet 10/100 port, 5 RS232/RS485 ports available for extra instrument connection

Manipulators

1x Hydrolek electro-hydraulic 5 function manipulator; 1x Hydrolek electro-hydraulic 6 function manipulator, 1xHydrolek 18mm cable cutter

TMS (Tether Management System (ROV ONLY)), LARS details (if applicable)

The vehicle is a free-flyer without TMS or LARS to be deployed over the side of the vessel via the ships crane

Support offered to AQUARIUS users

Access to the ROV pilots and technician and transportation costs if applicable and feasible

Infrastructure Availability and Contact Details

Year 2025

Available all year upon inquiry

Year 2026

Available all year upon inquiry

Year 2027

Available all year upon inquiry

Contact email for applicants to discuss the initial feasibility of their work while they prepare their application

sailor[at]hcmr.gr, n.lamprianos[at]hcmr.gr, ak[at]hcmr.gr

Certification and Clearance Requirements

Diplomatic clearances or permits required for area or type of activity

Dependent on area of operations.

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Max Rover

ROV Max Rover Mark II

Integrating Research Infrastructures – Connecting Scientists – Enabling Transnational Access

for healthy and sustainable marine and freshwater ecosystems