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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />NODC/NOAA request has approved the code for the vessel Duke from NORWAY<br /><br /><b>Original Requester : Roy Lowry (rkl@bodc.ac.uk)</b><br /><br />Approved Code : 58DI<br />Name : Duke<br />Flag : NORWAY - NO (ISO Country Code)<br />Call Sign : LACS4<br />Platform Class : Research vessel<br />IMO : 8200838<br />Commissioned Date : 2008-11-10<br />Current Length : 66.65<br />Built : 1983<br />Notes : 2D seismic data acquisition vessel managed by Rieber Shipping AS, owned by Cgg Veritas. Rebuilt to 2D seismic in May 1998.<br />Notes: Previous Name : Polar Duke<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>33PD</b> - POLAR DUKE<br /><b>18PK</b> - POLAR DUKE<br /><b>58PD</b> - Polar Duke<br /><br /><b>General Comments:</b><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 /><br /><br />(added by: Oyvin Strand - 11/12/2009 00:00:00)<br /><br />Conflicting information about when name change occurred from Polar Duke to Duke. Or from Polar Duke to CGG Duke (according to Lloyds) to DUKE. Can anyone help? <br /><br />http://www.nis-nor.no/S%C3%B8k/hoved.browse.aspx?path=%2fhome%2fs%C3%B8k%2fskipaktuelledata&layout={09922BC8-02D1-4E3F-8ECE-931D820A34EA}<br />(added by: Marilynn Sorensen - 02/12/2009 00:00:00)<br /><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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