1. PoseidonLe Suroit JHjort Pelagia 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

2. PoseidonLe 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

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7. PoseidonLe Suroit G.O.Sars S armiento de Gamboa The 2007 OFEG fleet Hesperides Garcia del Cid Jan Mayen Johan Hjort Le Suroit Polarstern*)*) only joint cruises

8. L'ATALANTEFrance LE SUROITFrance POURQUOI PAS?*France THALASSAFrance / Spain ALKORGermany HEINCKEGermany MARIA S. MERIAN*Germany METEORGermany POLARSTERN # Germany POSEIDONGermany SONNEGermany PELAGIA Netherlands G.O. SARS* Norway JAN MAYEN Norway JOHAN HJORT Norway GARCIA DEL CID Spain HESPERIDES Spain SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA* Spain DISCOVERY UK JAMES CLARK ROSS UK JAMES COOK* UK 85 56 105 74 55 95 98 118 61 98 66 77 64 47 82 70 90 99 90 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 # only joint cruises * newly built < 4 years old # only joint cruises

9. OFEG announcement of opportunity 2007/2009 issued May 2007 Encourage science community to take advantage of the geographic positioning of OFEG ships PoseidonLe Suroit JHjort Pelagia Jan Mayen Deployment of OFEG Research Ships in 2007 – 2009 It 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

10. PoseidonLe Suroit JHjort Pelagia 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

11. Evolution of OFEG fleet without any* replacements *RRS DISCOVERY replacement included Poseidon Sonne Le Suroit JHjort Pelagia Jan Mayen Polarstern l’Atalante Meteor JCR basis: average lifespan 30 years

12. OFEG celebrating naming RRS James Cook 6 February 2007 Her Royal Highness Prinsess Ann under the approving eye of Prinsess Ann

13. JHjort Pelagia Jan Mayen OFEG will develop a new website: www.OFEG.org OFEG booklet Equipment pages Ships’ schedules Vessel specs Workshops

14. Poseidon http://www.nioz.nl/nioz_nl/8f118c90f21310de8f21211ba4e35714.php JHjort Pelagia Jan Mayen Virtual Pool of Major exchangeable Equipment Proposed format WEB pages Web address: http://www.nioz.nl/ofeg

15. PoseidonLe Suroit JHjort Pelagia 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

16. PoseidonLe Suroit JHjort Pelagia 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

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