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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=16893' target='_blank'>JPO TAURUS</a> from PT: PORTUGAL.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Martin Kramp (mkramp@ocean-ops.org)</b>
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<br />Code : 68SF
<br />Name : <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=16893' target='_blank'>JPO TAURUS</a>
<br />Country(s) : PT: PORTUGAL (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 32: Vessel of opportunity
<br />Call Sign : CQIR
<br />IMO : 9400174
<br />Commissioned Date : 2014
<br />Decommissioned Date : 2016
<br />Current Length : 269
<br />Built : 2010
<br />Previous Name (Notes): UASC Ajman
<br />JCOMMOPs Recruitment Date: 2010-01-22
<br />Notes : Container ships. Launched as JPO Taurus, build completed as UASC Ajman (LR), became JPO TAURUS (PT) in 2014, changed flag to DE in 2016, became CMA CGM Fort Desaix (PT) in 2020, changed flag to 2021, became FORT DESAIX in 2022. History uncertain.
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://esurfmar.meteo.fr/cgi-bin/meteo/display_vos_ext.cgi?callchx=CQIR
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<br /> - https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2305771
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<br /> - https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/jpo-taurus.407381/
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<br /> - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5532433/mmsi:229375000/imo:9400174/vessel:FORT_DESAIX
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />IMO confirmed in Equasis.
<br />(Joana Ribeiro 15/01/2024 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Ship Nostalgia confirms that call sign CQIR was right for JPO TAURUS when it sailed under the Portuguese flag between 2014 and 2016.
<br />(Joana Ribeiro 15/01/2024 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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