Announcement

The 34th Annual International Research Ship Operators (IRSO) meeting will be held from October 16-20, 2023 at the UNESCO world heritage site City of Bruges.

Meeting Events:

• Monday 16 October, 2023 – IRSO Reception
• Tuesday 17 October to Thursday 19 October, 2023 – IRSO Meetings
• Friday 20 October, 2023 – RV Excursion

Day 1, Tuesday 17 October 2023

• First year of operation RV Tom Crean and future fuel plans + Eurofleets and ERVO updates (PDF) – Aodhan Fitzgerald / Foras Na Mara Marine Institute
• Kaharoa replacement + RVONZA update (PDF) – Rob Christie / National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
• Ifremer fleet updates (PDF)- Sarah Duduyer / Flotte Océanographique Francaise IFREMER
• New regional research vessel of IFREMER (NSH) (PDF) – Olivier Lefort / IFREMER
• Hydrogen Hybrid Zero-Emission coastal class RV, project update (PDF) – Bruce Appelgate /  Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• UAE new RV JAYWUN (PDF) – Ahmed Al Hashemi, Sara Al Mehairbi, Lamia Al Ali / JAYWUN Environmental Agency – Abu Dhabi
• New Spanish RV Odón de Buen – Jordi Sorribas / CSIC – National Research Council of Spain
• Introduction of Japan’s new research icebreaker (PDF) – Kana Goto / Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd (MOL)
• Coordinating a changing fleet (PDF) – Ella Darlington / National Oceanography Centre
• Voith-Schneider propellors for research vessels (PDF) – Dr, Dirk Jürgens & Michael Palm / VOITH
• Working With RV Globally to Discover Ocean Life (PDF) – Sarah-Jane Walsh / Ocean Census
• Addressing the crewing challenge (PDF) – Doug Russell / UNOLS

Day 2, Wednesday 18 October 2023

• Update on the New Dutch reseasrch Fleet (PDF) – Zeynep Erdem / National Marine Facilities NIOZ
• Post 2024 New Scientific Ocean Drilling (PDF) – Nobu Eguchi / The International Ocean Drilling Programme
• The operation of Tan Kah Kee in support of training and education programs (PDF) – Haili Wang / Tan Kah Kee
• The renovation of RV Xiangyanghong 10 in 2023 (PDF) – Zhu Yongling / Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR
• Kongsberg Ship Design – Protechting People and Planet (PDF) – Einar Vegsund / Kongsberg
• AIMS Research Fleet and the need to update and refresh (PDF) – Richard Brinkman / Australian Institute of Marine Science
• AIMS Future Research Vessel update (PDF) – Patrick Bunday / Australian Institute of Marine Science
• The advantages of secured multi-WAN maritime connectivity (PDF) – Marwan Chartouny / Omniaccess
• OceanOPS update and collaboration with RV operators (PDF) – Martin Kramp-NIWA-1022161 / OceanOPS
• MacArtney Green equipment for RV’s (PDF) – Lars Jørgensen / MacArtney Underwater Technology
• Cruises and typical operation cases in recent years (PDF) – RV KEXUE-Qiao Xin and Yin Hong / Institution of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Looking after our people (PDF) -Toni Moate / Australia’s National Science Agency
• CSIRO Wellness Initiative (PDF) – Sam Hinton / Australia’s National Science Agency
• NSF Health welfare (PDF) – Rose Dufour / NSF
• 2023 IRSO Schmidt Ocean Institute (PDF) – Eric King / Schmidt Ocean Institute
• RV Prinsesse Ingrid Alexandra (PDF) – Inge André Utaaker / Institute of Marine Research

Day 3, Thursday 19 October 2023

• NIWA operations update (PDF) – Sol Fergus / NIWA
• UK’s Futhure Marine Research Infrastructure Programme (PDF) – Ella Darlington / Future Marine Research Infrastructure (FMRI)
• Insurance and Compliane Issues (PDF) – Jonathan Gutoff / UNOLS
• RV Gaia Blu (PDF) – Frederica Foglini / Italian National Research Council
• Marine scientific research diplomatic consent process (PDF) – Amanda Williams & Gabriella David / U.S. Department of State, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs
• The new Skagerak facility at the University of Gothenberg (PDF) – Louise Newman / University of Gothenburg
• IFREMER Update Submarine Systems (PDF) – Olivier Lefort / IFREMER
• Seabed 2030 update (PDF) – Jamie McMichael Philips / The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project
• Silent Marine Research with Azipod Propulsion (PDF) – Janne Roivanen / ABB Marine and Ports
• Underwater Radiated Noise (PDF) – Jackie Guo / Ocean Sonics