New KAU research vessel launched
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A new research ship was launched by KAU President, Prof Osama S. Tayyeb, in Marseille, France, on 27 May 2014.
The inauguration ceremony, which marked the handover of the new vessel “Al Azizi”, was attended by the mayor of the city of La Ciotat, the Saudi Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Dr Ziyad bin Abdullah Al-Diraiss, and Dr Al-Aidaroos, Dean of the Faculty of Marine Sciences.
Al-Azizi was specially built for KAU by the H2X shipyard, a subsidiary of Ix-Marine, a division of the iX-Core maritime group, to carry out oceanographic research.
In statements following the launching ceremony, Prof Tayyeb hailed the advent, saying that it added to a catalogue of recent accomplishments achieved by the Faculty of Marine Sciences.
On his part, Dr Ali M. Al-Aidaroos pointed out that the introduction of the new vessel was in line with a policy of upgrading the faculty's research facilities. |
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