Ship time requests will be taken all year for the current working year and for the following year.
A schedule is published online and is updated frequently.
A schedule for the following year will be published online by mid November of that working year.
Specific cruise planning meetings can be scheduled by the user and can contact capt. Houtler and / or Eric Benway in marine operations. Also, we may request a pre-cruise meeting to be held if needed.
Other meetings will also be used to discuss improvements, changes, suggestions and announcements regarding the Tioga as seen fit.
Priorities
WHOI Research and Education
Other WHOI Users
All other users
Due consideration will be made of time-sensitive and /or time-certain scheduling imperatives.
Once a commitment is made, no one can be bumped.
If someone needs non-specific dates, then those days will be booked as “place holders” and those days can be used as “currency” to trade for specific dates closer to project date.
Trading of dates is allowed and encouraged as long as Marine Operations is kept in the loop.
Alternate users will be wait-listed in the event of cancellations.
