Cruise
dates |
Ship |
Comments |
Cruise
Report /photos |
| 2000 |
|
Castor-02 |
Deployment of the full mooring line. Qualification deployment without instrumentation (buoy v1) |
|
#2, Oct 19-21 |
Castor-02 |
Recovery of buoy v1. The mooring line remains on site |
|
| 2002 |
#3,May 15-17 |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of buoy v2 (carbon fiber), plus the full instrumentation suite. |
|
| #4, Jun 13-15 |
Castor-02 |
Tentative recovery of some equipment after the buoy had sunk... |
|
| 2003 |
| #5, Sep 5-7 |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of buoy v3 (aluminum and steel), plus the full instrumentation suite |
|
| #6, Nov 30 |
Castor-02 |
Unsuccessful attempt to recover the buoy (bad weather) |
|
#7, Dec 5-7 |
Castor-02 |
Recovery of the upper superstructure |
|
| 2004 |
| #8, Feb 13 |
Castor-02 |
Unsuccessful attempt to deploy the buoy (bad weather) |
|
| #9, Mar 3-5 |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of buoy upperstructure v3, including the full instrumentation suite |
|
| #10, Jul 23 |
GG-IX + helicopter |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| 2005 |
| #11, Jun 2-4 |
Castor-02 |
Recovery of the full mooring line and buoy |
|
| #12, Jun 15-17 |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of a new morring line and a new buoy |
|
| 2006 |
| #13, Jun 9-10 |
GG-IX + helicopter |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| 2007 |
| #14, Feb 22-23 |
GG-IX + helicopter |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| #15, Sep 20-23 |
Castor-02 + helicopter |
Exchange of the full mooring line + buoy |
|
| 2008 |
| #16, Jan 20 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Upper superstructure recovery |
|
| #17, 13 Mar |
Tethys-II |
Lower superstructure and mooring line recovery |
|
| #18, 20 Jun |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of the mooring line and the lower buoy superstructure |
|
| #19, 28 Jun |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Deployment of the buoy upper superstructure |
|
| 2009 |
| #20, Apr 5 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| #21, Oct 27 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| 2010 |
| #22, Apr 22 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
#23, Sep 1-3 |
Castor-02 |
Recovery of the buoy upper part, plus rotation of the full mooring line |
|
#24, Sep 4 |
Castor-02 + helicopter |
Deployment of the upper buoy part |
|
| 2011 |
| #25, Apr 1 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| #26, Sep 16 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| 2012 |
| #27, 7 Sep |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| 2013 |
| #28, Jun 13-14 |
Castor-02 + helicopter |
Rotation of the entire buoy and mooring line |
|
| 2014 |
| #29, Mar 14 |
GG-IX + helicopter (HDF) |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| 2015 |
| #30, May 10-11 |
GG-IX |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| 2016 |
| #31, Jun 6-7 |
GG-IX |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| #32, Aug 26-29 |
CASTOR 02 |
Rotation of the lower buoy superstructure and mooring line |
|
2017 |
| #33, Jun 1-2 |
GG-IX |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
2018 |
2019 |
| #34, Feb 15-16 |
GG-IX |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
| #35, Sep 15-18 |
Castor-02 |
Deployment of the mooring line |
|
2020 |
| #36, Aug 10-11 |
GG-IX |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
2021 |
2022 |
| #37, Jun 30-Jul 1 |
GG-IX |
Rotation of the upper buoy superstructure |
|
2023 |
| #38, Jul 11 |
Ideal IV |
Recovery of the upper buoy superstructure |
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