| RV Polarstern ARK XXVI/3 05.08. - 07.10. Tromsö - Tromsö | Central Arctic Sea ice | Chief scientist: U. Schauer (AWI) | |
| RV Polarstern ARK XXVI/2 13.07. - 03.08. Longyearbyen - Tromsö | ROV Kiel6000 | Chief scientist: M. Klages | |
| RV Alkor 29.05. - 11.06. Kiel - Kiel | Lander | North Sea EU-ECO2 | Chief scientist: P. Linke (IFM_GEOMAR) |
| RV Skagerak | Lander | Byfjord & Koljeford Hypox / SENSEnet | Chief scientist: P. Hall (UGot) |
| RV Yokusuka 20.11. - 06.12. Guam - Yokosuka | Ultra-Lander | Mariana Trench | Chief scientist: H. Kitazato (JAMSTEC) |
| RV Skagerak 25.10. - 30.10. | Lander | Byfjord & Koljeford Hypox / SENSEnet | Chief scientist: P. Hall (UGot) |
| RV Maria S Merian MSM 16/2 24/09 - 08/10 Tromsö - Tromsö | ROV Gent | Barents Sea HMMV ESONET | Chief scientist: A. Boetius |
| RV Polarstern ARK XXV/2 29.06. - 29.07. Longyearbyen - Reykjavik | Lander | Hausgarten | Chief scientist: T. Soltwedel |
| RV Natsuhima NT 10-06 Leg 2 13.04. - 18.04 | ROV Hyperdolphin | Okinawa Through (CO2-seeps) | Chief scientist: F. Inagaki |
| RV Maria S Merian MSM 15/1 12.04. - 08.05 Istanbul - Istanbul | Jago, Crawler-Move | Black Sea Hypox | Chief scientist: A. Boetius |
| RV Atlantis 22.11. - 21.11. | Alvin | Guymas Basin hot vents | Chief scientist: A. Teske |
| RV Ara 10.11. - 21.11. Istanbul - Istanbul | Black Sea Hypox | Chief scientis: N Cagatay (ITU Istanbul) | |
| RV Maria S Merian MSM 13/4 21.11. - 14.12 Limassol - Limassol | ROV Quest, AUV Seal | East. Mediterranean cold seeps Hermione, Marum GB, Diwood | Chief scientist: F. Wenzhöfer |
| RV Maria S Merian MSM 13/3 25.10. - 18.11. Limassol - Limassol | ROV Quest | East. Mediterranean cold seeps Hermione, Marum GB, Diwood | Chief scientist: A. Boetius |
| RV Polartsern ARK XXIV/2 10.07. - 03.08. Longyearbyen - Reykjavik | ROV Quest | Barents Sea, cold seeps, HMMV ESONET | Chief scientist: M. Klages |
| RV Atlantis October 2008 | Alvin | Guaymas, hot vents + cold seeps | Chief scientist: A. Teske |
| RV Meteor M76/3B 17.07. - 27.08. Walvis Bay - Kapstadt | ROV Quest | Congo fan, RCOM E | Chief scientist: A. Boetius |
| RV Meteor M76/2 17.05 – 04.06 Walvis Bay - Walvis Bay | Namibia, RCOM B | Chief scientist: K. Emeis | |
| RV Sonne So-196 02.03 – 26.03 Guam - Manila | ROV Quest | SUMSUN, CO2 Seeps Okinawa Trough, Japan | Chief scientist: G. Rehder |
| RV Pourqui pas Sept/Oct 2007 Leg.2: 01.11. – 29.11. Rhodes-Toulon | ROV Victor | East. Mediterranean, HERMES | |
| RV Polarstern ARK XXII May-July 2007 Leg 1a 29.5. – 21.6. Bremerhaven – Tromsö, JAGO, cold water corals, Leg 1b 23.6. – 09.07. Tromsö – Longyearbyen (Svalbard) | ROV Quest | MUMM II / HERMES Barents Sea, HMMV | |
| RV Meteor M72/2 – MUMM II Feb/March 2007 23.02. – 13.03. Istanbul – Istanbul | ROV Quest, AUV Asterix | Black Sea | Chief scientist: A. Boetius |
| RV Meteor M72/1 - IfBM Uni-Hamburg February 2007 07.02. – 20.02. Istanbul – Istanbul | ROV Quest | Black Sea Cooperation MBL (RN Glud) | Chief scientist: R. Seifert |
| RV Sonne So-191 February 2007 Leg 2 03/02 – 26/02 P. Linke Leg 3 27/02 – 22/03 O. Pfannkuche | ROV Gent | New Zealand Cooperation: COMET, Geomar, MUMM II | |
| RV Maria S. Merian MSM-04/3 Jan/Feb 2007 24.01. – 22.02. F. de France – Las Palmas | ROV Jason II | SPP1144, South-Atlantic 15°N, Logatchev | Chief scienetist: C. Borowski |
| RV Roger Revelle December 2006 17.12.06 – 27.01.07 Apia (Samo) – Dunedin (New Zealand) | Survey cruise ODP, South Pacific | Chief scientist: S. D’Hondt | |
| RV Polarstern Ant XXIII/8 December 2006 13.11.06 – 22.01.07 | ROV Cherokee | Antarctic, Larsen B seeps, RCOM_E | Chief scientist: J. Gutt |
| RV Meteor M70/2, Bionil November 2006 Leg 1 (M70/2A): 21/10 – 06/11 Heraklion – Limassol Leg 2 (M70/2B): 07/11 – 23/11 Limassol - Limassol | ROV Quest | MUMM II + Mediflux , East. Mediterranean | Chief scientist: A. Boetius |
| RV Heincke He254 MOVE July 2006 04.07. – 13.07. | MarTech, BPP Kattegat | Chief scientist: F. Wenzhöfer | |
| RV Atlantis Alvin May 2006 07.05. – 03.06. | Project Chemo III Gulf of Mexico | Chief scientist: C. Fisher | |
| RV Yokosuka Shinkai6500 May 2006 27.05. – 12.06. | Japan trench | Chief scientist: F. Inagaki / F. Wenzhöfer | |
| RV Pourquoi pas May 2006 (Leg_2 09.06. – 17.06.) Barents Sea (Norwegian Shelf, HMMV) Trømsø – Alesund | ROV Victor | Viking cruise, Hermes | Chief scientist: J.-P. Foucher |
| April 2006 RV Meteor M67/2B M67/2B: 03.04. – 23.04. | ROV Quest | Asphalt volcanoes Campeche RCOM, Gulf of Mexico | Chief scientist: G. Bohrmann |
| RV Natsushima March 2006 21.03. – 29.03. Sagami Bay | ROV Hyperdolphin | Cooperation JAMSTEC -MBL | Chief scientist: H. Kitazato |
| RV Meteor M66/2 October 2005 02.10. – 23.10. | ROV Quest | Costa Rica Seeps (SFB 574, Geomar) | Chief scientist: G. Rehder |
| RV Alkor A267 September 2005 23.09. – 03.10. Kiel-Kiel | ROV Cherokee | EXOCET, Northern Sea (Norwegen Shelf) | Chief scientist: A. Boetius |
| RV L’Atalante Aug/Sept 2005 27.8. – 13.9. (Fenster 18/8-31/9) Tromso – Tromso | ROV Victor | Hausgarten HMMV | |
| RV Atlantis Submersible ALVIN June 2005 07.06. – 16.06. | Costa Rica Seeps | Chief scientist: D. Brown | |
| RV Meteor M64/2 May 2005 6.5.-6.6. Fortalesa-Dakar | ROV Quest | Hydrothermal vents (SPP1144), Atlantik | Chief scientist: K. Lakschewitz |
| RV Western Flyer February 2005 24.02. - 03.03. | ROV Tiburon | Whale-experiments, California | Chief scientist: C. Smith |