Research Vessel Operators Committee (RVOC)
 
 

RVOC Officers and Representatives

Pete Zerr, OSU (Chair) zerrp@onid.orst.edu
Joe Malbrough (Vice Chair)
jmalbrough@lumcon.edu
Tom Althouse, SIO (Safety Committee Chair) 
talthouse@ucsd.edu
Dan Schwartz, UW (RVOC Security Sub-Committee Chair) 
schwartz@ocean.washington.edu

Representatives to Other UNOLS and Non UNOLS Committees and Organizations

Al Suchy, WHOI - (Fleet Improvment Committee) asuchy@whoi.edu
Dan Schwartz, UW (Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee
schwartz@ocean.washington.edu
Paul Ljunggren, LDEO (Marcus Langseth Science Oversight Committee pwl@ldeo.columbia.edu
 

UNOLS Marine Operations Points of Contact (RVOC Members)

Future and Recent Annual Meetings

  RVOC Committees/Programs

2008 RVOC Meeting - April 22 - 24, 2008 at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Safety Committee

2007 RVOC Meeting - April 24 - 26, 2007 at the Florida Institute of Oceanography, St. Petersburg, FL

Security Sub-Committee

2006 RVOC Meeting - April 25-27, 2006 at the
University of Washingon, Seattle, WA

2004 RVOC Meeting - October 19 - 21, 2004 at Bermuda Biological Station

2003 RVOC Meeting - October 8-10, 2003 at the University of Minnesota/Duluth  
2002 RVOC Meeting at MLML/MBARI  

Chronological List of Past RVOC Meetings **

 
 

References, Issues and Activities

RVOC Newsletters
Facilities (including Ship Operations) Proposal Guidelines
International Safety Management and other Safety Related Information
UNOLS Portable Scientific Vans Manual

Maritime Security Issues

**SOCP training materials available**
Links to various ports and terminals throughout the world
Small Boat Compendium
Preliminary Findings from the Load Handling System Workshop


Agendas, Reports and Meeting Minutes

2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995


 

  UNOLS Marine Operations Points of Contact
(click here for PDF format)

Captain Daniel Oliver
Marine Superintendent
University of Alaska
Seward Marine Center
PO Box 730
Seward, AK 99664
Phone: (907) 224-4305
Fax: (907) 224-3392
Email: fndko@uaf.edu
Homepage: http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/arrv/
ALPHA HELIX
Captain C. Lee Black
Marine Superintendent
Bermuda Biological Station for Research Inc.
17 Biological Station Lane
Ferry's Reach
St. Georges GE-01 BERMUDA
Phone: (441) 297-1880 x208
Fax: (441) 297-1839
Email: lee.black@bios.edu
Homepage: http://www.bbsr.edu/Press_and_Pubs/prmar2006/prmar2006.html
ATLANTIC EXPLORER
Captain Thomas S. Althouse
Marine Superintendent
University of California, San Diego
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Nimitz Marine Facility
297 Rosecrans St.
San Diego, CA 92106-3505
Phone: (858) 534-1643
Fax: (858) 534-1635
Email: talthouse@ucsd.edu
Homepage: http://www.shipsked.ucsd.edu/
MELVILLE
ROGER REVELLE
NEW HORIZON
ROBERT GORDON SPROUL
Mr. Steve Rabalais
Marine Operations
University of Delaware
College of Marine Studies
700 Pilottown Rd.
Lewes, DE 19958

Phone: (302) 645-4341
Fax: (302) 645-4006
Email: rabal@bellsouth.net
Homepage: http://www.ocean.udel.edu/marine/index.shtml

HUGH R.SHARP
Capt. John D. Wilder
Marine Superintendent
Duke/UNC Oceanographic Consortium 
Duke University Marine Laboratory
135 Duke Marine Lab Rd.
Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: (252) 504-7580
Fax: (252) 504-7651
Email: jwilder@duke.edu
Homepage: http://capehatteras.nicholas.duke.edu/
CAPE HATTERAS
Dr. James G. Sanders
Director
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
10 Ocean Science Circle
Savannah, GA 31411

Phone: (912) 598-2400
Fax: (912) 598-2310
Email: jim.sanders@skio.usg.edu
Homepage: http://www.skio.usg.edu/resources/rvsavannah/index.php

SAVANNAH

Mr. Bill Baxley
Director of Technical Operations
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
5600 US1 N
Ft. Pierce, FL 34946
Phone: (772) 465-2400 x 410
Fax: (772) 464-9094
Email: wbaxley1@hboi.fau.edu
Homepage: http://www.hboi.edu/marineops/marineops_
home.html
SEWARD JOHNSON
Captain Stan Winslow
Marine Superintendent
University of Hawaii
Marine Center
#1 Sand Island Access Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96819

Phone: (808) 842-9814
Fax: (808) 842-9833
Email: swinslow@soest.hawaii.edu
Homepage: http://imina.soest.hawaii.edu/UMC/KiloMoana.htm

KILO MOANA
Captain Paul Ljunggren
Marine Superintendent
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
Palisades, NY 10964-8000
Phone: (845) 365-8845
Fax: (845) 359-6817
Email: pwl@ldeo.columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/fac/oma/
MARCUS LANGSETH
Mr. Joe Malbrough
Marine Superintendent
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Marine Research & Education Center
8124 Highway 56
Chauvin, LA 70344

Phone: (985) 851-2808
Fax: (985) 851-2863
Email: jmalbrough@lumcon.edu
Homepage: http://www.lumcon.edu/Vessels/

PELICAN
Captain Rob Chadwell
Marine Superintendent
University of Miami, RSMAS
Marine Department
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149

Phone: (305) 421-4832
Cell: (305) 496-2337
Fax: (305) 421-4174
Email: rchadwell@rsmas.miami.edu
Homepage: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/support/mardep/

F.G. WALTON SMITH
Dr. Doug Ricketts
Associate Director
University of Minnesota
Large Lakes Observatory
Duluth, MN 55812
Phone: (218) 726-7826
Fax: (218) 726-6979
Email: ricketts@d.umn.edu
Homepage: http://www.d.umn.edu/llo/facilities/blueheron.html
BLUE HERON
Mr. Stewart Lamerdin
Marine Superintendent
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
7700 Sandholdt Rd.
Building #D
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Phone: (831) 771-4134
Fax: (831) 633-4580
Email: lamerdin@mlml.calstate.edu
Homepage: http://marineops.mlml.calstate.edu/
POINT SUR
Mr. Peter Zerr
Marine Superintendent
Oregon State University
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
2020 SE OSU Drive
Newport, OR 97365
Phone: (541) 867-0225
Fax: (541) 867-0294
Email: zerrp@onid.orst.edu
Homepage:
http://www.shipops.oregonstate.edu/ops/wecoma/
WECOMA

Mr. Todd Chlaupek
Marine Superintendent
University of Rhode Island
Graduate School of Oceanography
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

Phone: (401) 874-6554
Fax: (401) 874-6574
Email: tchlaupek@gso.uri.edu
Homepage: http://techserv.gso.uri.edu/
ENDEAVOR

Mr. Pierre Fuentes
Vessels Superintendent
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Mailing address from foreign countries:
Box 2072
Balboa/Ancon
Republic of Panama
Mailing address from the US:
UNIT 0948
APO AA 34002-0948
Mr. Fuentes' mailing address in
the U.S.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Attn: Mr. Pierre J. Fuentes -- NAOS
MRC-0580
1111 N. Capitol Street
Washington, D.C. 20560-0580

Phone: (507) 212-8902
Fax: (507) 212-8974
Email: fuentesp@naos.si.edu
Homepage: http://www.stri.org/english/research/facilities/
marine/urraca/index.php

URRACA
Captain Daniel Schwartz
Marine Superintendent
University of Washington
School of Oceanography
Box 357940
Seattle, WA 98195-7940
Phone: (206) 543-5062
Fax: (206) 543-6073
Email: schwartz@ocean.washington.edu
Homepage:
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/2004/services/
vessels/vesselop.html
THOMAS G. THOMPSON
CLIFFORD A. BARNES
Captain Al Suchy
Manager, Marine Operations
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: (508) 289-2624
Fax: (508) 540-8675
Email: asuchy@whoi.edu
Homepage: http://www.whoi.edu/marops/
KNORR
ATLANTIS
OCEANUS
DSRV ALVIN
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