MVCO User Fees

The MVCO is run as a WHOI cost center with annual user fees. The schedule for recovery and deployment is driven by user requirements, which will interrupt services. It should be noted that the MVCO schedules annual maintenance activities.

2008 User Fees

Connections	Annual Charge
	Offshore	Onshore
1-3 Guest ports	$11,000	$5,000
4-6 Guest ports	$22,000	$9,900
7-9 Guest ports	$33,000	Est. on availability
10-12 Guest ports	$44,100	Presently N/A

Costs for the deployment, maintenance, and recovery of the sensors (e.g., jetting of pipes and burial of cable) should be added to the individual budget. WHOI user services may be contacted to offer guidance. For estimated user fees from 2009-2010, click here (pdf).

Each user will be provided with the appropriate IP addresses and a password-protected web page that allows for control of each guest port. It is important to note, however, that WHOI is not responsible for collecting or managing the actual data that is collected by each sensor. WHOI user services can provide you with common approaches and solutions to logging the data, but the implementation of the data acquisition system is up to each user.

The offshore connection fee for 1-3 guest ports covers:

Deployment
a) Up to 3 days of user team member(s) support for cruise planning and coordination.
b) Up to 1/2 day of marine ops team member support for cruise planning.

Recovery
a) Up to 2 days of user team member(s) support for cruise planning and coordination.
b) Up to 1/2 day of marine ops team member support for cruise planning.

The onshore connection fee for 1-3 guest ports covers:

Deployment
Up to 3 days of user team member(s) support for deployment planning and coordination.

Recovery
Up to 2 days of user team member(s) support for deployment planning and coordination.

These services also increase proportionally for other guest port categories.