Cruise Planning
To begin the cruise planning process for R/V Tioga, please complete the Tioga Shiptime Request form and submit it to: Eric Benway, WHOI Port Captain MS #27 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone: (508) 289-3770 Email: ebenway@whoi.edu
Scheduling Guidelines
- 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 December of that working year.
- Specific cruise planning meetings can be scheduled by the user and can contact capt. Collins and / or Eric Benway in Ship Operations. Also, we may request a pre-cruise meeting to be held if needed.
- For scheduling non WHOI users and booking ship time, please contact Eric Benway at WHOI Marine Operations before scheduling time with the Captain: Eric Benway Port Captain Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ship Operations Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 266 Woods Hole Rd. MS# 57 Woods Hole, MA 02543 ebenway@whoi.edu 508-289-3770
- 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.
Current Schedule
Find the most up to date schedule for R/V Tioga
Request Ship Time
Request time aboard R/V Tioga.
View Ship Time Requests
Find ship time requests for R/V Tioga from 2004 to the present.
Personnel Waiver Form
Required waiver form for all non-WHOI personnel boarding R/V Tioga.