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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=33601' target='_blank'>LAURA BASSI</a> from IT: ITALY. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Anthonin Lizé (alize@jcommops.org)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 487A
<br />Name : <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=33601' target='_blank'>LAURA BASSI</a>
<br />Country(s) : IT: ITALY (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 31: Research vessel
<br />Call Sign : IBDS
<br />MMSI: 247405400
<br />IMO : 9114256
<br />Title : RV
<br />Commissioned Date : 2019-05
<br />Current Length : 80
<br />Built : 1995
<br />Previous Name (Notes): ERNEST SHACKLETON
<br />JCOMMOPs Recruitment Date: 2019-10-15
<br />Notes : Icebreaking RV operated by Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale. Launched as MV Polar Queen (NO), chartered as RRS Ernest Shackleton (The Shack) from 1999 (FK), returned to NO and sold to IT as Laura Bassi in 2019
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:780981/mmsi:247405400/imo:9114256/vessel:LAURA_BASSI
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<br /> - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bassi_(icebreaker)
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<br /> - http://www.ervo-group.eu/np4/np4/np4/%7B$clientServletPath%7D/?newsId=44&fileName=INFOGRAFICA_LAURA_BASSI_EN_v1.1.pdf
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<br /> - https://www.argoshipmanagement.com/en/managed-vessels/
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<br /> - https://www.bas.ac.uk/polar-operations/sites-and-facilities/facility/rrs-ernest-shackleton/
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<br /> - http://www.waponline.it/italian-icebreaker-named-in-honor-of-laura-bassi/
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<br /> - https://eies.ats.aq/Ats.ie/Reports/rptVessels.aspx?yearF=2018&yearT=2019&period=1&GridWithFilters=1&reportTitle=National%20Expeditions:%20Vessels
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<br /><b>Same Vessels Info:</b>
<br /><b>74EE</b> - ERNEST SHACKLETON
<br /><b>58PQ</b> - Polar Queen
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />IMO with new name confirmed in Equasis
<br />(Anna Osypchuk 06/12/2019 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Call sign not found in ITU
<br />(Anna Osypchuk 02/12/2019 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 />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46
<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark
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<br /><a href="https://vocab.ices.dk/Request" target="_new">ICES Code Requests Application</a>
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<br /></p><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Code Requests Application</p>
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