Vessel directory
Research and survey vessels
Vessel Hunter holds a registry record for 573 research and survey vessels. They are 29 years old on average, built between 1943 and 2025. The most common flags are China (13%) and United States (9.6%).
Ships573
Average age29 years
Built1943–2025
Most common flagChina
Owners, managers and contacts
481 companies own, operate or manage these 573 research and survey vessels. Members see who they are for every ship, with the people who decide and where each ship is now.
By flag
The 100 largest research and survey vessels
- YUAN WANG 7IMO 9804485
- NUYINAIMO 9797060
- YUAN WANG 5IMO 9413054
- YUAN WANG 6IMO 9439527
- AMAZON WARRIORIMO 9662394
- AMAZON CONQUERORIMO 9665487
- RAMFORM TITANIMO 9629885
- RAMFORM ATLASIMO 9629897
- RAMFORM TETHYSIMO 9676888
- RAMFORM HYPERIONIMO 9676890
- REV OCEANIMO 9840037
- SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGHIMO 9798222
- XUE LONGIMO 8877899
- YUAN WANG 3IMO 8887935
- TANSAIMO 9413303
- RAMFORM SOVEREIGNIMO 9390460
- HAI YANG SHI YOU 721IMO 9714525
- HAI YANG SHI YOU 720IMO 9567829
- S.A.AGULHAS IIIMO 9577135
- GEO CORALIMO 9492579
- GEO CASPIANIMO 9525560
- WATERSIMO 8982266
- POLARSTERNIMO 8013132
- OCEANIC VEGAIMO 9459553
- OCEANIC SIRIUSIMO 9459565
- HAI YANG SHI YOU 285IMO 9739044
- HAI YANG SHI YOU 287IMO 9739056
- GEO CARIBBEANIMO 9401219
- OCEANIC ENDEAVOURIMO 9399521
- OCEANIC PHOENIXIMO 9227754
- PXGEO 2IMO 9620114
- KARADENIZ POWERSHIP BELGIN SULIMO 9178159
- BGP PROSPECTORIMO 9545986
- RAMFORM VANGUARDIMO 9188714
- SW EMPRESSIMO 9687370
- SEA VENTUREIMO 9347413
- SEVERNIY POLUSIMO 9884198
- PERSEAS IIMO 8907034
- REM SALTIREIMO 9377016
- KARADENIZ POWERSHIP VEYSEL BEYIMO 9165023
- RAMFORM VIKINGIMO 9165035
- OCEANIC CHAMPIONIMO 9085211
- MARION DUFRESNEIMO 9050814
- INS ANVESHIMO 9823211
- KRONPRINS HAAKONIMO 9739587
- BEI DIAO 996IMO 9927328
- BOKA SPEARFISHIMO 9676280
- SANCO SWIFTIMO 9630494
- SANCO SWORDIMO 9662100
- MIRAIIMO 6919423
- VIKING VANQUISHIMO 9165554
- SONNEIMO 9633927
- AKADEMIK PRIMAKOVIMO 9187514
- HAI XUN 08IMO 9957270
- VANTAGEIMO 9242704
- LIAO YUEIMO 9952581
- EGERIMO 9107277
- EAGLE EXPLORERIMO 9381299
- ZHONG SHAN DA XUEIMO 9909534
- SW THURIDURIMO 9538127
- SW GALLIENIMO 9538139
- VERITAS VIKINGIMO 9173599
- HAI YANG SHI YOU 708IMO 9576480
- SANADIMO 9125140
- UMM AL ANBERIMO 7206330
- MIKHAIL SOMOVIMO 7518202
- SW BLYIMO 9610171
- REM ADIRAIMO 9610183
- ARBOL GRANDEIMO 9264867
- SUBSEA VIKINGIMO 9182899
- FALKOR TOOIMO 9523378
- SW DUCHESSIMO 9378216
- SANCO SAILORIMO 9378228
- AETHRAIMO 9181481
- SW AMUNDSENIMO 9452969
- SW VESPUCCIIMO 9452971
- HAI YANG DI ZHI BA HAOIMO 9780756
- TAMHAE 3IMO 9540106
- SW MIKKELSENIMO 9538098
- SW TASMANIMO 9488542
- SW COOKIMO 9488554
- AURORA DUBAIIMO 8717283
- SAMUDRA RATNAKARIMO 9639581
- ELSA REGENTIMO 9017757
- AKADEMIK SERGEY VAVILOVIMO 8507729
- FUGRO QUESTIMO 9366005
- HAKUREIIMO 9597604
- ARTEMIS ATHENEIMO 8805626
- AKADEMIK MSTISLAV KELDYSHIMO 7811018
- AGULHASIMO 7628136
- INVESTIGATORIMO 9616888
- EDDA FLORAIMO 9386380
- CARRASCOIMO 9770464
- DISCOVERYIMO 9588029
- HAI YANG SHI YOU 760IMO 9778167
- ISABUIMO 9751042
- SNELLIUSIMO 9271858
- OCEANICASUB XIXIMO 9538086
- KAIMEIIMO 9712448
- BGP PIONEERIMO 8709951