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Voyage - Leg:       KN 162-11
Voyage Dates:       11 Feb - 15 Mar 2001
Chief Sci(s):       William Johns
Address:            RSMAS/MPO
                    4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
                    Miami, FL
                    33149
Phone:              (305) 361-4054
Email:              wjohns@rsmas.miami.edu
Cruise Objective:   Hydrographic/CTD/ADCP Survey
                    Float Deployments
                    Short-term Moorings
Science Activities: CTD, ADCP Survey, RAFOS Float Deployments and Short
                    Term Moorings
Operations Area:    Western Gulf of Aden
                    11-14N, 43-50E
                    50-3000m

SSSG Tech:             Ms. Amy Simoneau
                       Mr. Robert Laird
Departure Port:        Mombasa
Agent:                 Seabulk Chartering & Shipping Ltd.
                       Ground Floor, Social Security House
                       Nkrumah Road, P.O. Box 84385
                       Mombasa, Kenya
                       Contacts: Mr. Nadhir, Cell# 254-733-411186
                       Tel: 254-11-311748
                       Capt. Abubakar, Cell# 254-733-411185
                       Email: nadhir@seabulk.co.ke
Arrival Port:          Seychelles
Agent:                 Mahe Shipping Co. Ltd.
                       Maritime House
                       Laurier Ave., PO Box 336
                       Victoria, Mahe, SEYCHELLES
                       Phone: 380500
                       Fax: 380538
Installed Scientific   12kHz Transducer
Equipment:             3.5 kHz Transducers
                       PDR
                       Pinger for Wire Use
                       ADCP
                       De-ionized Water System
                       CTD/LADCP, 2500m
                       Salinometer, WHOI to provide (2) Autosals
                       Seabeam
                       Slip Rings
WHOI-Provided Science  5L Niskin Bottles
Tools:                 Rigging Shop Mooring Winch
                       Deck Gear
Program-Provided       RSMAS CTD System
Science Tools:
Shipboard              SEABEAM
Equipment/Nav:
Other Requirements:
Notes:                   Air and surface shipment planned by science party
                         for Durban.
                         The analytical lab will be used for hydrography, a
                         hydro van will not be shipped.
                         Science party approximately 15 people.
                         Purchase order to be set up by Bill Johns and Amy
                         Bower for cruise expenses.
Navy Clearance Status:

Last Modified: 04/25/2001

Check List:          Required?       Comments
US Customs Form      Yes
Explosives Clearance No
Isotope Use Approval No
Diplomatic Clearance Yes             Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia
SCUBA Diving         No              Djibouti clearance approved