During China’s 2026 National Day holiday, the sixth “Teacher at Sea” lecture was held at on Otc. 5, 2026 aboard the research vessel Tan Kah Kee (RV TKK), as part of the fourth leg of “XMU at Sea” undergraduate training cruise.The onboard lecture was delivered by Siqi Wang, a biology teacher at Tong’an No. 1 High School in Fujian Province, with Xintong Ke, a Grade 11 student, joining the cruise....

During RV Tan Kah Kee’s (RV TKK) port call in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, the vessel joined OceanXplorer (OceanX) for a reciprocal ship visit and exchange. The event brought together crew members, researchers, and students to share insights on ocean exploration and marine science.Faculty, crew representatives, and students participating in Leg I of the “XMU at Sea” Undergraduate Training Cruise ...

In August 2026, Xiamen University’s research vessel Tan Kah Kee (RV TKK) made its first call at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, during its latest visit to Malaysia as part of the first leg of the XMU at Sea Undergraduate Training Cruise. The vessel hosted a public open day at Kota Kinabalu Port, becoming the first Chinese research vessel to open to the public in East Malaysia.The opening ceremony was attended ...

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 ...