Russsian Federation research ship Atlantniro on passage.

The screen shot taken from VesselTracker's AIS display today revealed the Russian Federation's research ship Atlantniro steaming south west in the Western Approaches. Atlantniro is a leading scientific research institute of Russia to investigate fishery biological resources in the Baltic Sea, Central and Southern Atlantic, Southeastern Pacific and Western Indian Ocean. The research is aimed at the development of scientific basis for rational utilization of biological resources on the base of up-to-date technologies.

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