Welcome to the International Research Vessel pages.

Oceanic - The Ocean Information Center - maintains a searchable database of cruise schedules and ship specifications and contact information. for research vessels around the world.

We are always looking for ship specifications, cruise schedules, home pages and contact information for research vessels around the world.  Please email us at ships@researchvessels.org if you have pertinent ship information which you would like to share with the scientific community.

Current and Upcoming Events:

• AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting - Orlando, Florida, USA - 2-7 March, 2008
• 2008 Research Vessel Operator Committee Meeting (RVOC) - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA - 22-24 April, 2008
• 2nd GOSUD/SAMOS Workshop - Seattle, Washington, USA - 10-12 June, 2008
• IEEE-OES-MTS Ocean Sciences Conference - Vancouver, BC, Canada - 29 Sep - Oct 4, 2008
• 7th INMARTECH - Ifremer, Toulon, France - 7-10 Oct, 2008
• AGU Fall Meeting - San Francisco, California, USA - 15-19 Dec, 2008
• 22nd International Ship Operators Meeting (ISOM) - NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand - 19-23 Jan, 2009

• UNOLS meeting calendars can be found online:  Calendar year 2007
• AGU GeoPhysical Year Calendar can be found online: Geophysical Year Calendar
• ASLO Meetings can be found online at: ASLO Meetings

Research Links:

• Other Sites w/ RVs
  • ALIAS Polar Site (ARCUS)
  • Arctic Ship Coordination during IPY (ASCI)
  • Baltic Sea Portal (BONUS)
  • EurOcean Portal
  • European Research Vessel Operators (ERVO)
  • NOAA Fisheries
  • NOAA NMAO
  • UNOLS
  • USCG PSIX
  • SailWX (mapping RV locations)
• US Research Site Links
• International Research Site Links
• Non-Research Related Links
• International Research Ship Operators' Meeting (ISOM)
• Ship of Opportunity Programme (SOOP)
• IGOSS Database of Callsigns
• Lost Instrument Network
• Standard US Navy Ocean Area and Region Index Limits Map
• NODC Search Form for Platform Information (NODC Codes)
• US NODC Codes for worldwide ships sorted by NODC code
• US NODC Codes for worldwide ships sorted by ship name

What's New:

• Arctic Ship Coordination during IPY (ASCI) - "an initiative to facilitate optimal use of ships and other platforms to meet the scientific goals for Arctic Ocean studies during the International Polar Year"
• Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snowpack (OASIS) - Opportunity to participate in Arctic Icebreaker Expedition between the summers of 2007 & 2008
• Arctic Submarine Laboratory - Opportunities to collect water samples for interested investigators
• Triaxus wiki - hosted by UAF Seward Marine Center
• Worldwide Swath/Multibeam Database - Searchable & Sortable.
• Updated NSF Division of Ocean Science Data and Sample Policy - Posted Nov 4, 2003.
• New Vessels (put in the water in the past 12 months):
  • Celtic Explorer - Ireland
  • New G.O. Sars - Norway
  • Hugh R Sharp University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies- USA
  • FRV Oscar Dyson - USA (NOAA)
  • CRV Tioga - USA
• Vessels Under Construction:
  • FS Maria Sybilla Merian - Germany
  • James Cook - Natural Environment Research Council, UK
  • Marcus G Langseth refit & modification - (Maurice Ewing replacement, the Langseth was formerly known as the MV Western Legend) - USA
  • ORV Sagar Nidhi - National Institute of Ocean Technology, India
  • Sarmiento de Gamboa - Spain
  • US Navy X-Craft - USA

What's Old:

• If you're looking for the archived International Research Vessel pages with their static links and pictures, they're still online and organized by country here. Be aware that many of the links are quite old and might not be valid.