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

Current and Upcoming Events:

• Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC) Meeting - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY USA - Feb 11-15, 2013 (rescheduled from Nov 5-9, 2012)
• ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2013 - New Orleans, LA USA - Feb 17-22, 2013
• Research Vessel Operators' Committee (RVOC) Meeting 2013 - UMCES DBL - Solomons, MD USA - Apr 22-25, 2013
• AGU Meeting of the Americas - Cancun, Mexico - 14-17 May, 2013
• OCEANS 2013 MTS/IEEE San Diego - San Diego, CA USA - Sep 23-26, 2013
• Ocean Sciences Meeting - Honolulu, Hawaii USA - 23-28 Feb, 2014

• UNOLS meeting calendars can be found online:  Calendar year 2013
• 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)
  • Great Lakes Association of Science Ships (CanAmGlass)
  • USCG Science Support  (IceFloe)
  • NOAA Fisheries
  • NOAA NMAO
  • UNOLS
  • USCG PSIX
  • SailWX (mapping RV locations)
  • Schmidt Ocean Institute
• US Research Site Links
• International Research Site Links
• Non-Research Related Links
• International Research Ship Operators' Meeting (ISOM)
• JCOMM Voluntary Observing Ship Scheme
• United States Voluntary Observing Ship Project
• 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.