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BELGIUM INVESTS IN NEW RESEARCH PLATFORM

Long in the gestation, Belgium’s plan for a new vessel to reinvigorate the country’s oceanographic research endeavours is coming to fruition in the Spanish-built, 71m Belgica, writes David Tinsley.

Belgica on sea trials off the northern Spanish coast. (copyright: P.Freire/Chou Pequeira)

Long in the gestation, Belgium’s plan for a new vessel to reinvigorate the country’s oceanographic research endeavours is coming to fruition in the Spanish-built, 71m Belgica, writes David Tinsley.

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