Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

OCEAN FACILITIES EXCHANGE GROUP

update on

a bottom-up approach of research fleet

co-ordination & harmonisation

Report to ERVO 2007

Marieke J. Rietveld, NIOZ, The Netherlands

Poseidon Le Suroit

Pelagia

Jan Mayen

Main objective: exchange of shiptime and exchange of major equipment based on ‘bartering’; joint cruises

Exchange based on value points according to scientific capacity as agreed between members

Members as per November 2006: Ifremer (France), BMBF (Germany), NIOZ (Netherlands), IMR-UoB (Norway), CSIC (Spain), NERC (UK)

OFEG

Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

Status 2006

Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

Poseidon Le Suroit

G.O.Sars

Sarmiento de Gamboa

The 2007 OFEG fleet

Hesperides

Garcia del Cid

Jan Mayen

Johan Hjort

Le Suroit

Polarstern*)*) only joint cruises

L'ATALANTEL'ATALANTE FranceFrance LE SUROITLE SUROIT FranceFrancePOURQUOI PAS?*POURQUOI PAS?* FranceFranceTHALASSATHALASSA FranceFrance //

SpainSpain

ALKORALKOR GermanyGermanyHEINCKEHEINCKE GermanyGermany MARIA S. MERIAN*MARIA S. MERIAN* GermanyGermanyMETEORMETEOR GermanyGermanyPOLARSTERNPOLARSTERN## GermanyGermanyPOSEIDONPOSEIDON GermanyGermany SONNESONNE GermanyGermany

PELAGIAPELAGIA NetherlandsNetherlands

G.O. SARS*G.O. SARS* Norway NorwayJAN MAYENJAN MAYEN Norway NorwayJOHAN HJORTJOHAN HJORT Norway Norway

GARCIA DEL CIDGARCIA DEL CID Spain SpainHESPERIDESHESPERIDES Spain SpainSARMIENTO DE GAMBOA* SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA* SpainSpain

DISCOVERYDISCOVERY UK UKJAMES CLARK ROSSJAMES CLARK ROSS UK UKJAMES COOK*JAMES COOK* UK UK

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Present OFEG fleet

OFEG fleet - 10 Global Class - 90% of European GC Fleet

21 RVs - 8 Ocean Class - 53% of European OC Fleet

6 countries - 3 Regional Class - 15% of European RC Fleet

* newly built < 4 years old # # only joint only joint cruisescruises

OFEG announcement of opportunity

2007/2009

issued May 2007

Encourage science community to take advantage of the geographic

positioning of OFEG ships

Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

Deployment of OFEG Research Ships in 2007 – 2009It is anticipated that the twentyone European research ships of the Ocean Facilities Exchange Group (OFEG), which provides ship-time and equipment exchanges for UK, French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Norwegian scientists under the Tripartite Agreement, will be operating in the following regions in 2007 - 2009:

Dutch research ship

• PELAGIA: Sub-tropical to sub-polar North Atlantic (E), North seas and also (2008 – 2009): Mediterranean sea & Indian Ocean (N & W))

French research ships

• L'ATALANTE: North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea (end 2008: mid-life refit), 2009 open

• POURQUOI PAS?: North Atlantic (W & E), Mediterranean Sea (technical refit mid 2008)

• THALASSA 2008: North Atlantic (E)

• LE SUROIT 2008: North Atlantic , Mediterranean Sea

German research ships

• ALKOR: Baltic & North seas

• HEINCKE: North & Baltic seas

• MERIAN: North Atlantic (N & E), Nordic & Mediterranean seas

• METEOR: Mediterranean & Black seas, Indian Ocean or South Atlantic

• POSEIDON: subtropical to subpolar North Atlantic (E), Mediterranean, North & Baltic seas

• SONNE: Indonesian region

Norwegian research ships

• JAN MAYEN:

• G.O. SARS:

• JOHAN HJORT:

• HAKON MOSBY:

Spanish research ships

• HESPERIDES: Arctic, North & South Atlantic, Southern Ocean

• SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA: North Atlantic (E)

• GARCIA DEL CID: Mediterranean (W)

UK research ships

• DISCOVERY: subtropical to subpolar North Atlantic (E)

• JAMES COOK: North Atlantic (E&W), Pacific Ocean (E), South Atlantic (2008: Indian Ocean (SW), Southern Ocean)

• JAMES CLARK ROSS: Arctic, North & South Atlantic, Southern Ocean

Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

OFEG and OFWG:

OFEG is preparing a statement towards ESF and EC:

• European research fleet has the appropriate capacity

• Global and Ocean Class fleet is state of the art, as is the heavy equipment

• Regional Class fleet is ageing – necessary that national authorities and the EC take steps

• OFEG partners are the owners of all Global Class, > 50% of the Ocean Class ships, and all heavy equipment

• OFEG will act as a forum for Global and Ocean Class fleet

• OFEG will investigate ways of investment co-ordination and costs saving

Evolution of OFEG fleet without any* replacements

*RRS DISCOVERY replacement included

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basis: average lifespan 30 years

OFEG celebrating namingRRS James Cook 6 February 2007

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Jan Mayen

OFEG will develop a new website:

www.OFEG.org

• OFEG booklet

• Equipment pages

• Ships’ schedules

• Vessel specs

• Workshops

Poseidon

http://www.nioz.nl/nioz_nl/8f118c90f21310de8f21211ba4e35714.php

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

Virtual Pool of Major exchangeable Equipment

Proposed format WEB pages

Web address: http://www.nioz.nl/ofeg

Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

Planned Workshops:

• RAPID Moorings – best practices, preventing losses, create “melting pot” of expertise

• Heavy Seismics – exchange of equipment, spares and technicians

• OFEG-Tech – First to start 10-11 October 2007 Bergen, Norway

• Build a network of OFEG Marine Techs

• Exchange of skills and information

• Common equipment development strategies

Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

On 23 April an OFEG delegation had a first meeting with the European Commission in Brussels to discuss the possibility of EU funding for interoperability issues and trans-national operational teams.

Future issues

Next OFEG meeting: 8-9 November 2007, Paris

Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen

Poseidon Le Suroit

JHjortPelagia

Jan Mayen