2007 December 3 (Day 18)
Weather: Fine but Cloudy
Site: C0001 (NT2-03) (33°14’ N, 136°42’ E)
Science Operations on Deck: Continued wiper trip and reaming down to 590.5 meters below the seafloor.

Science Operations in Labs: Finished all personal samplings from split halves including the Hole C0001B, which was taken on the previous Expedition. Re-measured MSCL-W NGR, which could not be done due to mechanical failure. Science seminar was held, and Drs. Tetsuro Hirono (Japan) and Wen-Lu Zhu (USA) gave talks on the summary of the Taiwan Chelungpu-Fault Drilling Project (TCDP).