Announcement

The 33rd Annual International Research Ship Operators (IRSO) meeting will be held from October 24-28, 2022 at the Queen Kapiolani Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Meeting Events:

• Monday 24 October 2022 – IRSO Reception
• Tuesday 25 October to Thursday 27 October, 2022 – IRSO Meeting
• Thursday 27 October, 2022 – IRSO Dinner
• Friday 28 October, 20222 – Island Excursion

Meeting Information:

• IRSO 2022 Agenda (PDF)
• IRSO 2022 Information (PDF)
• IRSO 2022 Attendee List (PDF)
• IRSO 2022 Meeting Minutes (PDF)

Meeting Presentations:

Day 1, Monday 24 October 2022

• COVID 19 Operational Impacts Discussion

Day 2, Tuesday 25 October 2022

• The new RV Belgica, delivery & operations (PDF) – Lieven Naudts / Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
• Newbuild projects within our research fleet (PDF) – Johannes Rogenhagen / Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
• Roger Revelle retrofit and mid life docking (PDF) – Joost Van Der Zwaag / Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• RVONZA update (PDF) – Rob Christie / National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
• New RV for New Zealand (PDF) – Rob Christie and Greg Foothead / National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
• MFP Overview (PDF) – Beiko Maas / Maas Software Engineering

Day 3, Wednesday 26 October 2022

• Net Zero project and ambitions ( Zoom recording) – Leigh Storey / National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
• New vessel for the Spanish IEO (PDF) Jordi Sorribas Cevantes / CSIC
• The NOAA Fleet – People, Platforms and Culture (PDF) – Chad Cary / NOAA
• Insurance and Compliance issues (PDF) – Jonathan Gutoff / Roger Williams University of Law
• National Oceanograpy Centre – Facilitating 21st century marine science (PDF)- Eleanor Darlington / National Oceanography Centre
• Eurofleets update (PDF) – Aodhan Fitzgerald / Marine Institute Ireland
• The new RV Tom Crean from design to delivery (PDF) – Aodhan Fitzgerald / Marine Institute Ireland
• Scripps Zero emission hydrogen hybrid research vessel (PDF) – Bruce Appelgate / Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Research Vessel Design (PDF) – Hans Ove Holmøy / Skipsteknisk AS
• RV FALKOR (too) – Converting an IMR survey vessel for deep sea research – Eric King / Schmidt Ocean Institute
• Pink Flamingo Society update (PDF) – Eric King / Schmidt Ocean Institute
• NIOZ – New Fleet Update (PDF) – Zeynep Erdem / NMF NIOZ

Day 4, Thursday 27 October 2022

• NIWA RV Activities, summary of significant events (PDF) – Greg Foothead / National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
• US State Department update on MSR diplomatic consent (PDF) – Amanda Williams & Gabriella David / U.S. Department of State, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs
• Experiences on using RV Aranda for pre-salvage surveys of environmentally hazardous wrecks – Juha Flinkman / Finnish Environment Institute SYKE
• Natural Resources Canada – Rock, Paper, Scissors and the Evolution of Marine and Coastal Science (PDF) – Jennifer Vollrath / Natural Resources Canada
• Overview of the Fleet (IFREMER) (PDF) – Goulwen Peltier / IFREMER
• IFREMER strategy on maritime drones and Polar POD (PDF) – Marc Nokin/IFREMER
• An overview of RV’s in Chinese Universities, and the operations of RV Tan Kah Kee 2020-2022 (PDF) – Haili Wang / Xiamen University
• A new icebreaking RV for the U.S. Antarctic Program (PDF) – Mike Prince / NSF / Office of Polar Programs
• KAUST new built RV Thuwal 2 (PDF) – Haitham Al-Jahdali / KAUST
• Research Vessel replacement project for Northern Ireland (PDF) – Pieter-Jan Schön / Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
• Delivering RSV Nuyina (PDF) – Camille Couzi / Australian Antarctic Program
• RSV Nuyina, first Antarctic season – Imojen Pearce / Australian Antarctic Program
• Vessel tender specification & new build project management (PDF) – David Wise-Mann / Marine Survey Australia
• Ocean Sonics smart digital hydrophone array solutions for Research Vessels (PDF) – Jackie Guo / Ocean Sonics
• EMSO-PT, Fostering ocean observations in Portugal (PDF) – Mafalda Carapuço / IPMA Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
• IRSO 2023 Host announcement (PDF) – Lieven Naudts / Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Dre Cattrijsse / Flanders Marine Institute

Posters:

• The new RV Belgica Poster (PDF) – Lieven Naudts / Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
• Skipteknisk Poster (PDF) – Hans Holmoy / Skipsteknisk AS
• Simon Stevin Poster (PDF) – Dre Cattrijsse / Flanders Marine Institute
• Schmidt Ocean Institute Poster (PDF)- Eric King / Schmidt Ocean Institute
• RV Gaia Blu, the new CNR vessel poster (PDF)- Lorenza Evangelista / University of Naples Federico II 
• Ocean Sonics Poster (PDF) – Jackie Guo / Ocean Sonics
• New IEO Vessel (PDF) – Jordi SORRIBAS CERVANTES / CSIC
• Maritime Survey Australia Poster (PDF) – David Wise-Mann / Marine Survey Australia
• Joides Resolution Poster (PDF) – Katarina Petronotis / Texas A&M University
• IRSO Poster 2022 Marine Institute (PDF) – Aodhan Fitzgerald / Marine Institute Ireland
• IRSO 2022 Romanian Update (PDF) – Stefan Florescu / GeoEcoMar
• German Research Vessels Poster (PDF) – Christian Betzler / University of Hamburg
• French Fleet Overview Poster (PDF) – Goulwen PELTIER / IFREMER
• EMSO-PT poster (PDF) – Mafalda Carapuco / IPMA Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
• BAP Carrasco Poster (PDF) – Enrique Varea / Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation
• AWI Poster (PDF) – Marius Hirsekorn / Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI)
• ARV Poster (PDF) – Ross Hein / Leidos, Antarctic Support Contract
• Araon(KOPRI) poster (PDF) – Chunsik Kim / Korea Polar research institure (KOPRI)