Service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine
SHOM performs general hydrography duties for all seafarers to meet France’s international obligations under the international SOLAS Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea and the United Nations convention on the Law of the Sea. SHOM collects, archives and distributes official information necessary for maritime navigation. Within its areas of competence, SHOM provides all […]
Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic
The Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) initiative aims to improve the quality of meteorological and near-surface oceanographic observations collected in-situ on research vessels (R/Vs) and select volunteer observing ships (VOS). Scientific objectives of SAMOS include: (1) Creating quality estimates of the heat, moisture, momentum, and radiation fluxes at the air-sea interface; (2) Improving […]
RV Thomas G.Thompson
The R/V Thomas G. Thompson is owned by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and operated under a Charter Party agreement by the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington as part of the Academic Research Fleet, within the UNOLS framework (University National Oceanographic Laboratories System). The R/V Thomas G. Thompson (AGOR-23) was constructed […]
RV Vital de Oliveira
The Hydroceanographic Research Ship (NPqHo) Vital de Oliveira is a brazilian navy ship equipped for oceanographic research in Geology and Biology. The Brazilian Navy commissioned the construction to the Chinese shipyard Guangzhou Hantong Shipbuilding and Shipping Co. Ltd., from Xinhui. After the testing phase, technical adjustments and equipment installation, held in Singapore, was delivered on […]
Satelite Altimetry Data
AVISO+ stands for “Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic data”. Here, you will find data, articles, news and tools to help you discover or improve your skills in the altimetry domain through four key themes: ocean, coast, hydrology and ice. Altimetry is a technique for measuring height. Satellite altimetry measures the time taken by […]
Save Ours Seas – Shark education centre
The Safe Our Seas Foundation – Shark Education Centre boasts a carefully selected collection of state-of-the-art exhibits that ensures that children and adults are able to learn through play and exploration, with each of their different senses engaged. This facilitates a truly immersive and stimulating educational experience while they are having fun. The Shark Education […]
SCAR Antarctic Biodiversity Portal
The SCAR Antarctic Biodiversity Portal (biodiversity.aq) is an international effort that seeks to increase our knowledge and understanding of Antarctic and Southern Ocean biodiversity. Biodiversity.aq establishes and supports a distributed system of interoperable databases, giving easy access through a single internet portal to a set of resources relevant to research, conservation and management pertaining to […]
Scientific Information Systems for the Sea
SISMER (Scientific Information Systems for the Sea) is Ifremer’s service in charge of managing numerous marine databases and information systems which Ifremer is responsible for implementing. The information systems managed by SISMER range from CATDS (SMOS satellite data) to geoscience data (bathymetry, seismics, geological samples), not forgetting water column data (physics and chemistry, data for […]
Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility
The objective of this Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility service is to provide information about the operational status of global and regional networks of real time sea level stations to provide a display service for quick inspection of the raw data stream from individual stations. This web-site initially focused on operational monitoring of sea level […]
RV POLARSTERN
With a length of 118 metres, a cruising speed of 10.5 knots, and a maximum endurance of 75 days, the POLARSTERN is one of the most powerful research vessels in operation today. Specifically designed for polar research, she is at home in the waters of the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. The research vessel accommodates up […]
RV Pourquoi pas?
Co-funded by France’s military navy, the Pourquoi Pas? undertakes hydrographic surveys and other missions to scan the water column and map the sea floor. She can deploy two heavy submersibles simultaneously, and collect samples by coring or dredging. The research vessel Pourquoi Pas? operates in a number of disciplines: (1) Deep-sea and coastal hydrography with […]
RV Puerto Deseado
From 2009 to date, the Puerto Deseado Oceanographic Vessel (BOPD) has campaigned on various topics such as ecology of marine biodiversity, census of birds, fish and crustaceans, marine geology-seismic lines, microbial biodiversity, tidal and current studies from the coasts of Brazil to the Beagle canal. More than 250 researchers and professionals from Universities and Research […]
RV Ramon Margalef
The oceanographic vessel Ramón Margalef is specially designed for oceanographic and fisheries research, including the integrated study of ecosystems, a concept introduced by the Catalan researcher Ramón Margalef, pioneer of modern ecology in Spain. The oceanographic vessel Ramón Margalef,for its dimensions and capabilities, is classified as a regional vessel. It has 10 days of autonomy […]
RV S.A. Agulhas II
S. A. Agulhas II is a South African icebreaking polar supply and research ship owned by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). She was built in 2012 by STX Finland in Rauma, Finland, to replace the aging S.A. Agulhas, which was retired from SANAP duty, but is fullfilling a training role with SAMSA since 2012. […]
RV James Cook
Since arriving at the National Oceanography Centre on 31st August 2006, RRS James Cook has undertaken research expeditions focusing on a range of scientific disciplines in some of Earth’s most challenging environments, from tropical oceans to the edge of ice sheets. The RRS James Cook is fitted with cutting edge scientific instruments and hosts a […]
RV Sarmiento de Gamboa
The Oceanographic Ship (R/V) Sarmiento de Gamboa is a multidisciplinary research vessel of global non-polar scope. Its instrumentation and laboratories allow it to study global ocean circulation, marine biodiversity, fishery resources and climate change; It is also used to perform geology, marine geophysics, hydrography, physical and chemical oceanography, marine biology, resource estimation (fisheries), ocean monitoring […]
RV John P tully
CCGS John P. Tully is an offshore oceanographic science vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard operating out of Pacific Region at CGS Base Patricia Bay in Sidney, British Columbia. Prior to 1995, the ship was assigned to Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The vessel entered service in June 1985 with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans […]
RV Sir David Attenborough
The RRS Sir David Attenborough was handed over to NERC and BAS by shipbuilder Cammell Laird on 27 November 2020. The ship is expected to commence polar operations in 2021 after a period of intensive mariner training, testing and trialling the many technical, scientific and operational features and capabilities. The RRS Sir David Attenborough is […]
RV Kristine Bonnevie
In 2016, after a severe upgrading, the former “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” changed name till ”Kristine Bonnevie” – named after the first female marine biologist in Norway, professor Kristine Bonnevie (born in 1872). After five months upgrading at a shipyard at Måløy, this research vessel is now more like the research vessels «G.O. Sars» and «Johan […]
RV SONNE
With the commission of the new RV SONNE on November 17, 2014 from a technical point of view a new area started. The research vessel is available to all disciplines of marine science, but operates primarily in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Among the future scientific challenges are in addition to applied research topics in […]
RV Kronprins Haakon
The research vessel Kronprins Haakon has been built to operate in challenging ice conditions, which means it can go further north and south than any other Norwegian research vessel. It is equipped with the very latest high-tech equipment, enabling us to perform more complex studies. RV “Kronprins Haakon” has a cruising speed of 15 knots […]
RV TELEOST
CCGS Teleost is a Canadian Coast Guard fisheries research vessel. The ship was originally constructed in Norway in 1988 as a commercial fishing trawler named Atlantic Champion. In 1993, the Canadian government purchased the vessel and after a competition among schoolchildren, the vessel was named Teleost by the winner. The vessel was converted to an […]
RV L’Atalante
L’Atlante was commissioned in 1989, it has been modernized in 2009. It hosts up to 30 technicians and scientists for cruises up to 45 days. It is the only ocean global fleet vessel to be deployed on all oceans and is present in the Pacific on average one year every 4 years. The multi-purpose research […]
RV LOUIS S. ST-LAURENT
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent (French: NGCC Louis S. St-Laurent) is a Canadian Coast Guard Heavy Arctic Icebreaker. Louis S. St-Laurent’s home port is St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador and is stationed there with other vessels of the coast guard. Named after the twelfth Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Louis St. Laurent, PC CC […]
RV Maria S.Merian
The MARIA S. MERIAN stands out from other research vessels because of her ability to operate along the edge of the ice sheets. Since she was put into operation on 9 February 2006, she has been enabling researchers to embark on cruises not only in the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, but also […]
RV Mário Ruivo
IPMA acquired the ocean-going research vessel (RV) Mar Portugal under the program European Economic Area Financial Mechanism, EEA Grants 2009-2014 (Portugal). The vessel undertook significant transformations that allowed the fulfilment of predefined project objectives and became a new platform to conduct research on the Atlantic Ocean to the service of the national and international S&T […]
RV Marion Dufresne
The Marion Dufresne is a multipurpose vessel. Launched in 1995, she is operated by Louis Dreyfus Austral Seas, chartered by France’s Antarctic Overseas Territories (120 days per year, approx.) and sub-chartered to IFREMER (217 days per year on average). Her main activities involve oceanographic research on all seas that are not covered with ice, under […]
RV METEOR
The METEOR research vessel sails several seas, from the Atlantic, the eastern Pacific, and the western Indian Oceans to the Mediterranean and the Baltic Seas. The METEOR provides an interdisciplinary research platform for scientists from numerous research fields, such as maritime meteorology and aerology, physical oceanography, applied physics, marine chemistry, marine botany, zoology, bacteriology and […]
RV NORUEGA
Research vessel with capacity for coastal and oceanic research was built in Bergen, Norway, at the Mjellem & Karlsen shipyards. On September 1, 1978 it was offered by Norway to Portugal. The basic configuration of the ship includes hydrography, biology, chemistry, sampling and acoustic scans. This vessel is dedicated to bio-oceanography and fisheries campaigns, which […]
RV halassa
The Thalassa is a seventy-five-metre ship, delivered in 1996, whose principal activities involve population ecology and assessing species fished in the Channel, the Bay of Biscay and the North Sea. For this work, she is fitted out with fishery echo sounders and trawling systems. She is also a multipurpose vessel designed to undertake research cruises […]
RV Alkor
The ALKOR, like her sister ship HEINCKE, is a medium-sized research vessel with a length of 55 metres. She operates mainly in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
RV Heincke
The HEINCKE research ship was put into operation in 1990 and is one of Germany’s medium-sized research vessels. The HEINCKE operating areas are the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. She is fitted with a wide range of equipment for research projects in the fields of biology and hydrography. The vessel is in operation […]
