[Platforms] New vessel

[Strand Øyvin]

To avoid possible future identification problems :

This ship (IMO no. 8403533) was built in Germany in 1984 as ICEBIRD for
German owners, and German register. Until 1994 it was frequently chartered
to Austalia (see :  http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2155 and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icebird_(ship) ).

In late 1994, the ship was sold to Norwegian owner and renamed 'POLAR BIRD'
with (new) call sign LAVT4, see search facilities at http://www.nis-nor.no
I have no info on the German call sign prior to 1994.

The ship was deleted from Norwegian register by 2003.03.25 (sold to foreign
owner (Israel)).

Best regards
Øyvin Strand


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> Fra: platforms-bounces at biwebs1.nerc-liv.ac.uk [mailto:platforms-
> bounces at biwebs1.nerc-liv.ac.uk] På vegne av francis Mitchell
> Sendt: 17. september 2007 19:39
> Til: Marilynn Sørensen; platforms at biwebs1.nerc-liv.ac.uk
> Emne: [Platforms] New vessel
> 
> 
>  Marilynn and All:
> 
>     We have entered a 'new' vessel. in our tables-  the Polar Bird
> which
> is a Norwegian resupply vessel for the Antarctic, leased off-and-on to
> the
>      Australians.  NODC Code = 58PB, radiocallsign LAVT4, former name=
> Ice Bird.  [quote] The Polar Bird was chartered for the Australian
> Antarctic Program
>      each summer season from 1984-85 to 1994-95, and occasionally since
> then. Polar Bird resumed Australian service in 2000 until the 2002-03
> summer [end].
> 
> Regards,
> 
> =Mitch=
> 
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