Cruise MS07, on R/V Urania was planned to perform instrumental check and maintanance of ISMAR, la Spezia and of the VECTOR program, and CTD casts. As a ship-of-opportunity, operational activities (XBT), morphobathymetric and SBP mapping were also done along the ship's tracks. This paper reports the shipboard activities during the cruise, including description of the ship, equipment and their usage, along with details of the general settings, performances and some scientific and technical results.