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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=34155' target='_blank'>BELGICA</a> from BE: BELGIUM.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Ruth Lagring (ruth.lagring@naturalsciences.be)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 11BU
<br />Name : <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=34155' target='_blank'>BELGICA</a>
<br />Country(s) : BE: BELGIUM (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 31: Research vessel
<br />Call Sign : ORCO
<br />MMSI: 224518000
<br />IMO : 9871294
<br />Title : RV
<br />Commissioned Date : 2021
<br />Current Length : 71.4
<br />Built : 2020
<br />Notes : RV owned by the Federal Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO), under management of RBINS. Built in 2020 (ES), to be commissioned in 2021. It replaces RV Belgica (11BE) which will stop its Belgian research activities in April 2021.
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - https://odnature.naturalsciences.be/belgica/
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<br /> - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:6471043/mmsi:224518000/imo:9871294/vessel:BELGICA
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<br /> - https://www.vesselfinder.com/da/vessels/BELGICA-IMO-9871294-MMSI-224518000
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<br /> - https://www.eurofleets.eu/vessel/rv-belgica-ii/
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />During construction, it was referred to as (Freire)(NC)(C)(NB)723
<br />(Anna Osypchuk 25/02/2021 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />IMO and flag confirmed in Equasis/Miramar
<br />(Anna Osypchuk 22/02/2021 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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