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:

• Scottish Association for Marine Science SOFI Glider Workshop - Oban, Scotland - 11-12 Jan, 2011
• Postponed -> 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
• Polar Research Vessel Science Mission Requirements (SMR) Workshop - Arlington, VA USA - Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2011
• UNOLS Fleet Improvement Committee (FIC) Meeting - Arlington, VA USA - Mar 8-9, 2011
• 5th European/Everyone’s Gliding Observatories (EGO) Meeting and Glider School - Taliarte, Telde, Gran Canaria island, Canary Islands, Spain - 14-18 Mar, 2011
• Sixth Session of the JCOMM Ship Observations Team (SOT) - Hobart, Australia - Apr 11-15, 2011
• Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC) Meeting - Arlington, VA USA - Apr 20-21, 2011
• Research Vessel Operators Committee (RVOC) Meeting - San Diego, CA USA - Apr 26-28, 2011
• Offshore Technology Conference 2011 - Houston, TX USA - May 2-5, 2011
• 24th International Research Ship Operators Meeting - Seattle, Washington USA - May 25-27, 2011
• ICES Annual Science Conference 2011 - Gdańsk, Poland - Sep 29-23, 2011
• UNOLS Annual Meeting - Arlington, VA USA - Oct 25-26, 2011
• Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee Meeting (RVTEC) - New Orleans, LA USA - Nov 14-17, 2011
• AGU Fall Meeting 2011 - San Francisco, CA USA - Dec 5-9, 2011
• Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012 - Salt Lake City, UT USA - Feb 20-24, 2012
• Ocean Optics Conference 2012 - Glasgow, Scotland - Oct 8-12, 2012

• UNOLS meeting calendars can be found online:  Calendar year 2011
• 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)
  • 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)
• 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.