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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=16642' target='_blank'>AURORA TAURUS</a> from MH: MARSHALL ISLANDS. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Martin Kramp (mkramp@jcommops.org)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : MH66
<br />Name : <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=16642' target='_blank'>AURORA TAURUS</a>
<br />Country(s) : MH: MARSHALL ISLANDS (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 32: Vessel of opportunity
<br />Call Sign : V7EX3
<br />MMSI: 538005546
<br />IMO : 9346134
<br />Commissioned Date : 2014
<br />Decommissioned Date : 2017
<br />Current Length : 215
<br />Built : 2008
<br />Previous Name (Notes): MILL HOUSE
<br />JCOMMOPs Recruitment Date: 2008-06-01
<br />Notes : Liquid Tankers. Built as MILL HOUSE (SG), became AURORA TAURUS (MH) in 2014, became BW THOR (MH) in 2017.
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://maritime-connector.com/ship-search/?ship-type=&department=&country=&certificate-of-competency=&certificate=&name=&imo=9346134&search-type=ships&search=Search
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<br /> - http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/index/ships/all/shipname:9346134
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<br /> - http://esurfmar.meteo.fr/cgi-bin/meteo/display_vos_ext.cgi?callchx=V7EX3
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<br /> - https://www.itu.int/mmsapp/shipstation/one/791179
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<br /> - http://www.ships.lv/en/vessels/9346134-aurora_taurus.html
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<br /> - http://www.shipspotting.com/ships/ship.php?imo=9346134
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />IMO confirmed in Miramar and Equasis.
<br />(Joana Ribeiro 18/02/2020 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />This ship was originally requested as AURORA TAURUS, with call sign V7EX3 and as sailing under the Singaporean flag. The call sign V7EX3 corresponds to the Marshallese flag, under which the AURORA TAURUS sailed, according to official sources of information, such as Equasis. An earlier instance of this ship, MILL HOUSE sailed under the Singaporean flag, which is likely to have resulted in overlap in information. To align with the official data found for this ship, the flag in the request was changing from the Singaporean one to the Marshallese one.
<br />(Joana Ribeiro 18/02/2020 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />No pictures with "AURORA TAURUS" printed on the hull could be found.
<br />(Joana Ribeiro 18/02/2020 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />According to ITU name changed to BW THOR and flag to MHL, which matches the series of V7EX3.
<br />(Signe Bagger 05/04/2018 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />The ICES Data Centre
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