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NYK to Sponsor Japanese
Underwater Exploration
Project
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YK has agreed to sponsor Team KUROSHIO,* a finalist
in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition, by
providing the transportation for the team’s unmanned
robots, which are being used in this international
competition to quickly and accurately map the ocean
floor.
Team KUROSHIO has participated in this
competition over the past three years, and after
passing through the technical documentation stage
and an actual ocean test in Round 1, the team has advanced to Round 2,
the final round, to be held in October 2018. The research team is the only
Japanese representative remaining in the competition, and during the
final round will be asked to map at least 250 square kilometers of ocean
floor in 24 hours at ocean depths up to 4,000 meters. The results will be
announced in December 2018.
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