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Dear Platform Group,
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<br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=29630' target='_blank'>SHINKAI MARU</a> from JP: JAPAN. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br />Original Requester : Alexandra Grodsky (Alexandra.Grodsky@noaa.gov)
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<br />Proposed Code : 49S0
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=29630' target='_blank'>SHINKAI MARU</a>
<br />Country(s) : JP: JAPAN (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 31: Research vessel
<br />Call Sign : 7LOV
<br />MMSI: 432954000
<br />IMO : 9157454
<br />Commissioned Date : 1997
<br />Decommissioned Date : 2013-03-09
<br />Current Length : 57
<br />Built : 1997
<br />WOD Code: 11443
<br />Notes : Built as SHINKAI MARU, became Kuroshio in 2013.
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<br /> Information Sources:
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<br /> - https://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/wmo-td_1431_en/reports/Japan_BATHY_TESAC.pdf 
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<br /> - http://www.datamar.com.br/ship-search/detail/483164/shinkai-maru 
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<br /> - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:665662/mmsi:432954000/imo:9157454/vessel:KUROSHIO 
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<br /> - http://www.tradewindsnews.com/incoming/article264060.ece5/binary/Japanese%20vessel%20alert%20list
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<br /> - https://www.itu.int/mmsapp/shipstation/one/483762?context=bzs2RCadTUz44b98w9OBVzbRjCCRHqtQkfL1%2FUlvIZeITok8J5m3I497%2BMckDoVLl%2FfcbHXgUOV6Didsoa93irjyCuyKDI%2Bc%2BCU7sDzWXP4H9Sf9lEjaJN4st28bRWXRvPPlhA3ul9%2FRpxPifBpr%2BmZ4kxXF7IUEdde5b8ond9XAACaSCL%2FLWjav0fph4Gn7Nb0R%2FGMYppG%2FUV9j%2B%2BZ8Mw%3D%3D
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<br />General Comments:
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<br />Not in Miramar. SHINKAI MARU and KUROSHIO seem to have the same call sign and same MMSI so could be in error.
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 03/12/2017 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Kind regards,
<br />The ICES Data Centre
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<br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 
<br />Email: accessions@ices.dk
<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk
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<br />Tel: +45 3338 6718  Fax: +45 3393 4215
<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46
<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark
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<br /><a href="http://vocab.ices.dk/Request" target="_new">ICES Code Requests Application</a>
<br />Read the latest ICES Data Centre e-News <a href="http://www.ices.dk/marine-data/Pages/default.aspx" target="_new">online</a>
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