Xiamen University (XMU) and IPB University, Indonesia, have deepened their partnership in marine science, fisheries, and education through a series of academic exchanges and training activities led by XMU and the research vessel Tan Kah Kee (RV TKK).The collaboration began in June 2025, when a XMU delegation visited IPB University in Bogor. The delegation included Prof. Yawei Luo as Deputy Dean of ...

August 10 2025 On August 8, 2025, research vessel Tan Kah Kee (RV TKK) made her inaugural port call at Tanjung Priok Port (Jakarta) after completing the second leg of the “XMU at Sea” Undergraduate Training Cruise...

In early December, the Eddy Observation Cruise were conducted onboard RV TKK. ...

Scientists and researchers aboard RV TKK accomplished the planned scientific operations of the NSFC Open Research Cruise in the central SCS (NORC2024-06) and returned to Xiamen in late October.This cruise were spilt into two legs, Comprehensive Biogeochemical Cruise Leg (KK2408), and Geological+Geophysical+Biogeochemical Cruise Leg (KK2409). 124 over-the-side operations were conducted at 35 sta...

In early September, the very first Chief Scientist Training Cruise supported by the NSFC Shiptime Sharing Project was accomplished onboard RV TKK. Three senior chief scientists were invited to serve as mentors, including...

The annual “XMU@Sea” Cruise set sail again on July 12. 102 undergraduates and teachers from diverse cultural backgrounds embarked on three distinct expeditions aboard RV TKK,engaging in various research and training tasks. These included measuring chemical parameters in the seawater, learning to use the oceanographic and meteorological observation instruments...

 In 2024, RV TKK embarked on the fifth “XMU at Sea” Undergraduate Training Cruise which was also a commemorative voyage ...

In September, The NSFC Open Research Cruise in the central SCS (NORC2022-06) was accomplished onboard RV TKK. This expedition was split into two cruise legs—the geological and geophysical leg (KK2304) and the comprehensive biogeochemical leg (KK2306). Hongmei Chen and Yuan Shen from MEL served as the chief scientists of each separate leg. This cruise supported thirty-nine NSFC-funded projects...

On August 11, the fourth “XMU at Sea” Undergraduate Training Cruise was accomplished onboard RV TKK. To date, up to 250 undergraduates have participated in the program, obtaining valuable opportunities to practice at sea.

On August 3, the third “Teacher at Sea onboard RV TKK” online lecture was given by Yunjun Zeng, a biology teacher from Xiamen University Affiliated Keji High School, together with her student Mingxi Zhuang, during the second leg of “XMU at Sea” Undergraduate Training Cruise. This event was jointly organized by the Xiamen Association for Science and Technology, Keji High School, the Experime...