Vessel Operations

A UNOLS Safety Bulletin Dated April 29th, 2014

UNOLS Member Institutions first adopted the Research Vessel Safety Standards (RVSS) in May 1976.  Later editions were adopted by members at UNOLS meetings in May 1981, May 1985, October 1989, September 1992, October 1995, July 1999, March 2003, March 2009, and July 2015. This latest eleventh edition was approved in November 2021 .  In lieu of published institutional policy, these safety standards are considered the guidelines for UNOLS Research Vessels.  For that reason, all UNOLS Members, both Operators and others, should be thoroughly familiar with the contents of this manual and comply with its recommendations as appropriate.

                     * photo by Dr. Craig Young, University of Oregon

The UNOLS Office has a series of training videos and CD-Rom's produced by the Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP). All are available to UNOLS RVOC MEMBERS ONLY on a lending basis and must be returned to the UNOLS Office. If you are interested please contact the UNOLS Office at office@unols.org Include the following information in your e-mail: Your name, shipping address and phone number, item(s) requested from the attached list.