National Marine Facilities
National Marine Facilities is an integral part of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS). Established in Sep 2005, NMF Division incorporates a wide range of services and capabilities to support marine science research within the UK.
"Our remit is to deliver national marine facilities in an impartial and transparent way to the UK’s marine science community." -Head of National Marine Facilities Division - David Lewis (Details)
Click here to view the Briefing note for Scientists, Technicians, Agency staff and Shore Personnel sailing or organising cruises on RRS James Cook and RRS Discovery
Underwater Systems Laboratory - USL
Undertaking development, demonstration and evaluation of marine research technologies
Sea Systems
Providing research platforms, hardware, expertise and services to the UK's marine scientists.
Public - home page
Professionals - home page
Marine Facilities Planning
This provides an interface between scientists and NMF to administer the planning and execution of a cruise on a research vessel and/or the usage of equipment.
NMF Sea Systems Information Portal
This is the link to NMF Sea Systems web applications.
British Ocean Sediment Core Research Facility - BOSCORF
The UK national deep sea sediment core repository
National Marine Coordination Office - NMCO
