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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />NODC/NOAA has approved the code for the vessel Polar Duke from NORWAY<br /><br /><b>Original Requester : Roy Lowry (rkl@bodc.ac.uk)</b><br /><br />Approved 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 : Ship ended its polar reasearch period in 1997, after a 13 years contract with the US NSF. In recent years, the ship has operated within 2D seismic operations (rebuilt 1998). 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>33PD</b> - POLAR DUKE<br /><b>18PK</b> - POLAR DUKE<br /><b>58DI</b> - Duke<br /><br /><b>General Comments:</b><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 />http://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/pduke/polarduke.html<br />(added by: Marilynn Sorensen - 11/12/2009 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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