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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />NOAA has approved the code for the vessel <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=33343' target='_blank'>Mintis</a> from LT: LITHUANIA.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Paul McGarrigle (pamcg@bodc.ac.uk)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : LTSY
<br />Name : <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=33343' target='_blank'>Mintis</a>
<br />Country(s) : LT: LITHUANIA (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 31: Research vessel
<br />Call Sign : LYAP
<br />MMSI: 277523000
<br />IMO : 9713636
<br />Title : RV
<br />Commissioned Date : 2014
<br />Current Length : 38.7
<br />Built : 2014
<br />Notes : Research vessel owned and operated by Klaipeda University, Lithuania. Built as Mintis (LT).
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://balticvalley.lt/en/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/brosiura_web.pdf
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<br /> - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:1351934/mmsi:277523000/imo:9713636/vessel:MINTIS
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<br /> - https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9713636/
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<br /> - https://www.itu.int/mmsapp/shipstation/one/498946
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<br /> - http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2816536
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<br /> - https://www.termomontage.lt/en/preferences/research-vessel-mintis
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<br /> - http://apc.ku.lt/en/index.php/fleet-and-field-research-laboratory/
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />IMO confirmed in Miramar and Equasis.
<br />(Joana Ribeiro 03/09/2019 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />No evidence that this ship ever changed flag was found, and thus the commissioned date was set to 2014, the same as the built date.
<br />(Joana Ribeiro 03/09/2019 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
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<br /></p><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Code Requests Application</p>
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