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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=9290' target='_blank'>ALMIRANTE GAGO COUTINHO</a> from PORTUGAL. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.<br /><br /><HR /><br /><b>Original Requester : Sara Almeida (sara.almeida@hidrografico.pt)</b><br /><br />Proposed Code : 68GC<br />Name : <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=9290' target='_blank'>ALMIRANTE GAGO COUTINHO</a><br />Flag : PORTUGAL - PT (ISO Country Code)<br />Call Sign : CTHA<br />Platform Class : Research vessel<br />Commissioned Date : 1999<br />Current Length : 68.2<br />Built : 1985<br />Previous Name (Notes): USNS Assurance<br />Notes : transfered to the Portuguese Navy in 1999<br /><br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b><br /><br /> - http://www.hidrografico.pt/nrp-almirante-gago-coutinho.php<br /><br /> - http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shipposition.phtml?call=CTHA<br /><HR /><br />No comments have been made about this Platform Code yet.<br /><br /><HR /><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><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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