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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />A request has come in for a code for the vessel Polar Duke from NORWAY<br /><br /><b>Original Requester : Roy Lowry (rkl@bodc.ac.uk)</b><br /><br />Proposed Code : 58PD<br />Name : Polar Duke<br />Flag : NORWAY - NO (ISO Country Code)<br />Call Sign : LACS4<br />Platform Class : Research vessel<br />IMO : 8200838<br />Commissioned Date : 1989-12-08<br />Decommissioned Date : 2008-11-10<br />Current Length : 66.65<br />Built : 1983<br />Notes : 2D seismic data acquisition vessel operated by Rieber Shipping AS. Rebuilt to 2D seismic in May 1998. Sold to CGG group in 2005. Became Duke in 2008.<br />Information Source : http://www.rvinfobase.eurocean.org/spec/vessel.jsp?id=3737 (URL)<br />Lloyds URL : http://www.lloydsmiu.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=162443<br /><br /><b>Same Vessels Info</b><br /><b>58DI</b> - Duke<br /><br /><b>Important Comments (Conflict to be resolved!):</b><br /><br />http://www.rieber-shipping.no/?page=69&show=353 Question as to whether this vessel was ever called "CGG Duke" (Lloyds).<br />(added by: Marilynn Sorensen - 11/12/2009 00:00:00)<br /><br />The Norwegian Ship Registers NIS/NOR is a governmental ship register responsible for administration of norwegian laws on the matter. Therefore, the NIS-NOR should be formally (legally) correct. According to the web of the manager (and former owner) http://www..rieber-shipping.no/?page=69&show=353 Polar Duke was built for the company. The Rieber Company has (or had) a daughter company in Canada (St. Johns, Newfoundland), and the changes in (about) 1989 were probably transactions between companies with common owners (or no change of owner?)<br />(added by: Oyvin Strand - 11/12/2009 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br />This suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />The ICES Data Centre<br /><br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea <br />Email: accessions@ices.dk<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk<br /><br />Tel: +45 3338 6718 Fax: +45 3393 4215<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests" target="_new">ICES Platform Code Requests Application</a><br />Read the latest ICES Data Centre e-News <a href="http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/updates/DC_update.htm" target="_new">online</a><br /><br /></p><hr /><p>This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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