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Nuyina ready for sea trials
New Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina will shortly be ready for sea trials, with progress on the internal fit-out and systems testing of the ship almost complete, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ship was moved in August from Damen’s Romanian shipyard to its current location in Vlissingen in the Netherlands, to enable equipment manufacturers to check and test the installation of its complex systems (see previous story).
The ship will be ready for sea trials in a few weeks, followed by sea ice trials in the Arctic in late January.
Nuyina is expected to arrive in Hobart mid-2021. For this season, the Australian Antarctic Division has chartered MPV Everest to undertake station resupply and expeditioner transport. Everest will be quarantined in Hobart when it arrives in December, and is scheduled to undertake three voyages south (see Coronavirus ‘Curveball’ for more season information).
Check out the latest photos below.
Read more about the RSV Nuyina.
![RSV Nuyina tied up at Damen Shipyards in Vlissingen in the Netherlands.](/site/assets/files/55333/img_8162-1.630x386.jpg)
![View of consoles on the Bridge of the Nuyina.](/site/assets/files/55333/bridge_jr.630x386.jpg)
![Computer monitors, desks and chairs in the science operations room on the ship.](/site/assets/files/55333/science_operations_room.630x386.jpg)
![Desks, computer monitors, phones in the operations space on the bridge.](/site/assets/files/55333/aad_operations_space_on_bridge_jr.630x386.jpg)
![Tables and chairs in the science observation area of the Nuyina.](/site/assets/files/55333/science_observation_bridge_jr.630x386.jpg)
![Lab benches and equipment in the wet lab on the Nuyina.](/site/assets/files/55333/wet_lab.630x386.jpg)
![Sinks and tables in the mess area of the Nuyina.](/site/assets/files/55333/cafe_and_mess_jr.630x386.jpg)
![Exercise bikes and weigh lifting equipment in the Nuyina's gym.](/site/assets/files/55333/gym.630x386.jpg)
![The Nuyina's helideck.](/site/assets/files/55333/helideck.630x386.jpg)