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Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Headquarters: Moss Landing
Founded: 1987
Employees: —

Official website

Photo: Wusel007 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file

Ships in this registry

Counted from individual vessel records · Wikidata

Reported fleet size

—

No published figure available

Container capacity

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Not a ranked container line

Gross tonnage on record

928

Summed over 2 ships reporting tonnage

In brief

What Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is

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The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is a private, non-profit oceanographic research center in Moss Landing, California. MBARI was founded in 1987 by David Packard, and is primarily funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Christopher Scholin serves as the institute's president and chief executive officer, managing a work force of approximately 220 scientists, engineers, and operations and administrative staff.

At MBARI, scientists and engineers work together to develop new tools and methods for studying the ocean. Long-term funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation allows the institute to take on studies that traditional granting institutions may be reluctant to sponsor. Part of David Packard's charge for MBARI was to "Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough."

Origin

Who founded it

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute was founded in 1987 by one named founder on record. Portraits are shown only where a freely licensed photograph exists and its photographer is known.

Founder

David Packard

1912–1996

American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (1912–1996)

Photo: Nomad0212 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file

Corporate profile

Identity and registration

Legal name: —
Industry: —
Legal form: —
Country of registration: United States
Headquarters: Moss Landing
Formed in: —
Founded: 1987
Dissolved: —
Employees: —
Listed on: —
Ticker: —
ISIN
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300WLSEMIF3DY9V36
Head office coordinates: 36.7997, -121.7856

Ships on record here: 2
Vessel types operated: 1
Flag states used: 1
Average vessel age: 26.5 years
Oldest vessel on record: 1996
Newest vessel on record: 2003
Largest vessel by tonnage: 498
Average tonnage: 464
Market share: —
Parent company: Monterey Bay Aquarium
Alliance: —
Record source: wikidata

Fleet on record

What this company sails

Composition of the 2 vessels this registry attributes to Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Bars are true proportions of that set, not of the company's full fleet.

By vessel type

Research / survey2

By flag state

United States2

Delivery history

10-year fleet record

Ships delivered in each of the last 10 years, counted from the recorded build year of vessels attributed to this company, with the running total of its fleet on record. No deliveries fall inside this window — this company’s vessels on record were all built earlier.

Year	Gross tonnage added	Fleet on record
2017	—	2
2018	—	2
2019	—	2
2020	—	2
2021	—	2
2022	—	2
2023	—	2
2024	—	2
2025	—	2
2026	—	2

Vessel records

Ships on record

2 vessels

Ship	IMO	Type	Flag	Built	Gross tonnage	Deadweight	Length	Builder
RV Western Flyer	8990902	Research / survey	United States	1996	498	—	34.0 m	—
RV Rachel Carson	8983210	Research / survey	United States	2003	430	—	42.0 m	—

Ships in registry counts individual vessel records attributed to the company here. Reported fleet is the company’s published total. They measure different things and are shown separately on purpose.

In context

How Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute compares

Counts over companies and vessels actually held in this directory — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.

With 2 vessels attributed to it here, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is the 341st largest of the 965 operators in this directory that hold at least one ship on record, against a median of 2 across that group. That is a count of individually identified hulls, not the company’s published fleet size — the two are different measurements and both are shown above where available.

United States is the country of registration for 144 commercial operators in this directory, among which Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ranks 33rd by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 435 vessels here. 1 of them carry a published container-capacity ranking. See every operator registered in United States.

Founded in 1987, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is 39 years old. This directory holds 106 operators founded within five years either side of that date, whose median fleet on record is 1 ships. The median founding year across all commercial operators here is 1966, and the oldest on record dates to 1514.