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 oceanic@cms.udel.edu if you have pertinent ship information which you would like to share with the scientific community.

Current and Upcoming Events:

• Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Committee (SCOAR) Meeting - Marina, CA USA - June 22-23, 2010
• The Meeting of the Americas - Iguaçu, Brazil - Aug 8-13, 2010
• Oceans 2010 MTS/IEEE - Seattle, WA USA - Sep 20-23, 2010
• Microsoft eScience Workshop - Berkeley, California USA - Oct 11-13, 2010
• Marine Technology Society's Dynamic Positioning Conference - Houston, TX USA - Oct 12-13, 2010 - Call for Papers has been issued
• UNOLS Annual Meeting - Arlington, VA USA - Oct 14-15, 2010
• Techno-Ocean 2010 - Port Island, Kobe Japan - Oct 14-16, 2010
• Hydro 2010 - Warnemünde, Germany - Nov 2-5, 2010
• Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC) Meeting - Bermuda - Nov 16-18, 2010
• Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC) Meeting - Seattle, WA USA - Dec 9-10, 2010
• DEep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC) Meeting - San Francisco, CA USA - Dec 12, 2010
• AGU 2010 Fall Meeting - San Francisco, CA USA - Dec 13-17, 2010
• 7th International Marine Technician Workshop (INMARTECH) - NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand - Jan 19-23, 2011
• Underwater Intervention 2011 - New Orleans, LA  USA - Feb 22-24, 2011
• Offshore Technology Conference 2011 - Houston, TX USA - May 2-5, 2011

• UNOLS meeting calendars can be found online:  Calendar year 2010
• 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)
  • European RV Infobase
  • European Ocean Facilities Exchange Group (OFEG)
  • European Research Vessel Operators (ERVO)
  • Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP)
  • 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 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.