The RV Oceania, is the only Polish research vessel adapted for a wide range of oceanographic research activities in physics, chemistry, ecology and marine biology in waters all round the world. She is equipped with modern laboratories, state-of-the-art instruments, and the means to perform oceanographic measurements down to a depth of 5,000 m, able to provide hydrographic, optic, acoustic, chemical, biological and particulate experiments and observations. The research vessel, of Regional scope, is also used in Artic surveys on an yearly basis.
RV Oceania is managed by IOPAN - Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences .