Research Vessel Operators Committee (RVOC)
 
 

RVOC Officers and Representatives

Joe Malbrough, LUMCON (Chair) jmalbrough@lumcon.edu
Demian Bailey (Interim Chair-elect)
baileyd@onid.oregonstate.edu
Daniel Oliver, UAF(Safety Committee Chair) 
dkoliver@alaska.edu
To be named (RVOC Security Sub-Committee Chair) 
 

Representatives to Other UNOLS and Non UNOLS Committees and Organizations

Al Suchy, WHOI - (Fleet Improvement Committee) asuchy@whoi.edu
Doug Russell, UW (Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee
dgruss@uw.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

2011 RVOC Meeting - April 26-28, 2011 - hosted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography

 

2010 RVOC Meeting - April 20-22, 2010 at the University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI

Safety Committee

2009 RVOC Meeting - April 14-16, 2009 at The University of Texas, Port Aransas, TX

Security Sub-Committee

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

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

 

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
Research Vessel Safety Standards - Ninth Edition
UNOLS Ship Inspection Best Practices - new!
Facilities (including Ship Operations) Proposal Guidelines
International Safety Management and other Safety Related Information
NSF/UNOLS Portable Scientific Van Information

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

2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995


 

  UNOLS Marine Operations Points of Contact
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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: dkoliver@alaska.edu
Homepage: http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/arrv/

ARRV
Captain Ron Harelstad
Marine Superintendent
Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences, Inc.
17 Biological Lane
Ferry's Reach
St. Georges GE-01 BERMUDA
Phone: (441) 297-1880 x208
Fax: (441) 297-1839
Email: ron.harelstad@bios.edu
Homepage: http://www.bbsr.edu/Press_and_Pubs/prmar2006/prmar2006.html
ATLANTIC EXPLORER
Captain Zoltan Kelety
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: zkelety@ucsd.edu
Homepage: http://www.shipsked.ucsd.edu/
MELVILLE
ROGER REVELLE
NEW HORIZON
ROBERT GORDON SPROUL
Captain William M. Byam
Marine Superintendent
University of Delaware
College of Marine Studies
700 Pilottown Rd.
Lewes, DE 19958

Phone: (302) 645-4343
Cell: (302) 381-0346
Fax: (302) 645-4006
Email: byam@udel.edu
Homepage: http://www.ocean.udel.edu/marine/index.shtml

HUGH R.SHARP
Ms. Rebecca Stephens Smith
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: rs198@duke.edu
Homepage: http://capehatteras.nicholas.duke.edu/
CAPE HATTERAS
Michael Richter
Marine Superintendent
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
10 Ocean Science Circle
Savannah, GA 31411

Phone: (912) 598-2465
Fax: (912) 598-2310
Email: Michael.richter@skio.usg.edu
Homepage: http://www.skio.usg.edu/resources/rvsavannah/index.php

SAVANNAH

Ross Barnes
Acting Marine Superintendent
University of Hawaii
Marine Center
#1 Sand Island Access Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96819

Phone: (808) 842-9815
Fax: (808) 842-9833
Email: marsup@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
Mr. Richard Kniffin
Marine Superintendent
University of Miami, RSMAS
Marine Department
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149

Phone: (305) 421-4832
Cell: (954) 646-7633
Fax: (305) 421-4174
Email: rkniffin@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
7532 Sandholdt Rd. #5
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. Demian Bailey
Marine Superintendent
Oregon State University
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
2020 SE OSU Drive
Newport, OR 97365
Phone: (541)867-0225
Fax: (541) 961-3840
Email: baileyd@onid.orst.edu
Homepage:
http://www.shipops.oregonstate.edu/ops/wecoma/
WECOMA

Mr. Tom Glennon
Interim Dir. of Marine Operations
University of Rhode Island
Graduate School of Oceanography
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882

Phone: (401) 874-6554
Fax: (401) 874-6574
Email: tglennon@gso.uri.edu
Homepage: http://techserv.gso.uri.edu/
ENDEAVOR
Captain Doug Russell
Marine Superintendent
University of Washington
School of Oceanography
Box 357940
Seattle, WA 98195-7940
Phone: (808) 842-9814
Fax: (808) 842-9833
Email: dgruss@u.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/
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