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OCEAN FACILITIES EXCHANGE GROUP

update on

a bottom-up approach of research fleet

co-ordination & harmonisation

Report to 22nd ISOM

Marieke J. Rietveld, NIOZ, The Netherlands

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Main objective: exchange of shiptime and exchange of major

equipment based on bartering > without money-exchange;joint cruisesExchange based on value points according to scientific capacityas agreed between members

OFEG members: Ifremer (France), BMBF (Germany), NIOZ(Netherlands), IMR-UoB (Norway), CSIC (Spain), NERC (UK)

OFEG

Significant advantage: access to wider range of facilities,and access to sea areas that would be beyond reach.At the same time more efficient use of ship time by reducing

wasted cost and time on long passages.

Minimising bureaucracy and overheads

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Other OFEG advantages:Opportunistic interventions: mutual help whenequipment get lost, recovery of drifting moorings, whenwithin reach; en-route servicing and turn-around ofpartners moorings, combined sampling and measurementsfor partners.

Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP)

Location: 49oN 16o24'W

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Joint scheduling of cruises: OFEG meets twice a year forfine tuning of cruise planning and cruise scheduling, such asgeographical cruise schedules.

German ship with Dutch team

UK ship with Germanand Dutch team

Dutch ship with German team

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Status per 2008

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Status per 2008

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Status per 2008

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Status per 2008

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All present OFEG members, except NIOZ, runmultiple fleets - totalling 18 of the 26 Ocean

and Global Class academic research ships inEurope, as well as most heavy equipment

OFEG represents Europes leading oceanographicresearch organisations and provides a forum to

consider barter exchange and co-operationopportunities for the Global and Ocean Classresearch fleet.

In Summary:

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L'ATALANTEL'ATALANTE FranceFrance

LE SUROITLE SUROIT FranceFrance

POURQUOI PAS?*POURQUOI PAS?* FranceFrance

THALASSATHALASSA France /France /SpainSpain

ALKORALKOR GermanyGermany

HEINCKEHEINCKE GermanyGermanyMARIA S. MERIAN*MARIA S. MERIAN* GermanyGermany

METEORMETEOR GermanyGermany

POLARSTERNPOLARSTERN## GermanyGermany

POSEIDONPOSEIDON GermanyGermany

SONNESONNE GermanyGermany

PELAGIAPELAGIA NetherlandsNetherlands

G.O. SARS*G.O. SARS* NorwayNorway

JAN MAYENJAN MAYEN NorwayNorwayJOHAN HJORTJOHAN HJORT NorwayNorway

GARCIA DEL CIDGARCIA DEL CID SpainSpain

HESPERIDESHESPERIDES SpainSpainSARMIENTO DE GAMBOA* SpainSARMIENTO DE GAMBOA* Spain

DISCOVERYDISCOVERY UKUK

JAMES CLARK ROSSJAMES CLARK ROSS UKUK

JAMES COOK*JAMES COOK* UKUK

85

56105

74

55

55959811861

98

66

77

6464

47

82 70

9099

90

2008 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

* Built after 2000 ## only joint cruisesonly joint cruises

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G.O.Sars

Sarmiento de Gamboa

The2008

OFEGfleet

Hesperides

Garcia del Cid

Jan Mayen

Johan Hjort

Le Suroit

Polarstern*)*) only joint cruises

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Information exchange: harmonisation and fine tuning ofplans for replacement and upgrade of research vessels.

In April 2008 a first

Roadmap of Renewal of OFEG Ocean and Global class RVfleet

has been accepted

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Evolution of OFEG fleet without any* replacements*RRS DISCOVERY replacement included

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

ocean global total

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Sonne

Le SuroitJHjort

Pelagia

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Polarstern

lAtalante

Meteor

JCR

basis: average lifespan30 years

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2005 2010 2015 2020 2025

Ocean ClassOcean Class

GlobalGlobal ClassClass

Roadmap of Renewal of OFEG Ocean and Global class RV fleet

2010 - 2030

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scheduled

Polarstern

Sonne

Discovery

recommended

age 30 years

Meteor

James Clark Ross

LAtalante

scheduled

recommended

age 30 years

New Ice going RVNorway/Jan Mayen

Pelagia midlife

PoseidonPelagia

Thalassa

Johan Hjort

Le Suroit

Scheduled and recommended replacements RVs built before 2000

Hesperides

5 RVs built after 2000: Global Class: Pourquoi Pas? 2005; James Cook 2007

Ocean Class: G.O. Sars 2003; Maria S. Merian 2005;

Sarmiento de Gamboa 2007

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Trans national access of heavy equipment:

German DTS-1 on Dutch RV

French ROV VICTOR on German RVs

UK TOBI on Dutch and German RVs

Dutch Piston coring system on UK RV

UK ROV ISIS on French RVDutch Ultra Clean CTD system with deepsea winch and cable on German RV

German ROV CHEROKEE on Dutch RV

Exchange of heavy equipment: OFEG Virtual Pool ofMajor exchangeable Equipment:

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OFEG-TECH

To provide the forum for communication and networking to

support the development of major equipment and toimprove cooperation between the OFEG partners.

To develop an understanding of each others organization,structure and contacts.

To identify and develop the opportunity for exchange ofknowledge and experience.

To investigate the potential for bilateral training and

technician exchange

To identify common problems and elevate them to theOFEG/European level

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Le SuroitJHjort

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First meeting: 24 25 October 2007, IMR, Bergen, Norway

Second meeting: 12 13 November 2008, NIOZ, Texel, The

Netherlands

Third meeting: November 2009, UTM-CMIMA, Barcelona, Spain

OFEG-TECH

OFEG-TECH Mooring Workshop: 15 16 May 2008, Oban,

Scotland, UK

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OFEG has launched a new website:

www.OFEG.org

OFEG news & activities

OFEG booklet

Vessel specs

Equipment pages

Ships schedules

OFEG-TECH (presentations on OFEG website)

Workshops

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Harmonisation of capital investment plans

ROV Working Group

Seismics pooling

Insurance issues related to personal accidents

Current issues:

Next OFEG meeting: 23-24 April 2009, Texel, Netherlands

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OFEG and OFWG:

OFEG responded towards the ESF Marine Board report:

OFEG fully supports the conclusion and accepts that OFEG will act as a forum for the Global and Ocean Class fleet

OFEG will endeavour to maintain it much-praised flexibility andexchange of know-how

OFEG will ensure that there is an optimal mix of Ocean and GlobalClass vessels together with a range of effectively utilised heavyequipment

OFEG agrees that European research fleet has the appropriatecapacity, and is state-of-the-art, as is the heavy equipment, butthis should be maintained by adequate renewal

OFEG will actively investigate ways of investment co-ordination

and cost sharing through joint ownership and partnershiparrangements.

24 April 2008