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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=16608' target='_blank'>MAERSK LAUNCESTON</a> from PT: PORTUGAL. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br />Original Requester : Martin Kramp (mkramp@jcommops.org)
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<br />Proposed Code : 68L0
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=16608' target='_blank'>MAERSK LAUNCESTON</a>
<br />Country(s) : PT: PORTUGAL (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 32: Vessel of opportunity
<br />Call Sign : CQGO
<br />MMSI: 255805664
<br />IMO : 9294408
<br />Commissioned Date : 2014
<br />Current Length : 266
<br />Built : 2005
<br />Previous Name (Notes): DAL KALAHARI
<br />JCOMMOPs Recruitment Date: 2005-03-08
<br />Notes : Container ships. Built as DAL KALAHARI, became MAERSK LAUNCESTON in 2014
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<br /> Information Sources:
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<br /> - http://maritime-connector.com/ship-search/?ship-type=&department=&country=&certificate-of-competency=&certificate=&name=&imo=9294408&search-type=ships&search=Search
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<br /> - http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/index/ships/all/shipname:9294408
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<br /> - http://www.meteo2.shom.fr/cgi-bin/meteo/display_vos_ext.cgi?callchx=CQGO
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<br /> - https://www.itu.int/mmsapp/shipstation/one/566215?context=bzs2RCadTUz44b98w9OBVzbRjCCRHqtQkfL1%2FUlvIZeITok8J5m3I497%2BMckDoVLl%2FfcbHXgUOV6Didsoa93irjyCuyKDI%2Bc%2BCU7sDzWXP4H9Sf9lEjaJN4st28bRWXRw%2F0oYrrjKQLWoHyvKyzgbvf1XPxmBb%2BL1m%2B%2B%2FTgNRck%3D
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<br /> - http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2066497
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<br /> - http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1832146
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<br /> - http://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/cape-times/20150107/281831462105982
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<br /> - http://www.odensemaritime.com/da-DK/References/Containerships.aspx
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<br />General Comments:
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<br />Former name Dal KALAHARI with call sign A8FQ8
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 18/02/2018 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />IMO confirmed in Miramar with multiple names
<br />(Signe Bagger 16/02/2018 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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<br /><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Code Requests Application

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