[Platforms] German ICEBIRD, Norwegian Polar Bird

[Marilynn Sørensen]

Hi all,

There is a German vessel ICEBIRD with ICES/NODC code 06CE with call sign DPIB. Could Anne confirm that this vessel was decommissioned in June 1994 and eventually became the Polar Bird (IMO nr 8403533)?

According to Lloyds, it was registered under Bahamas between the German Icebird and the Norwegian Polar Bird.

Norway  	On 07 December 1994 	02 April 2003 	LAVT4  	258969000  	Bergen 
Bahamas 	After 02 June 1994 	On 07 December 1994 	   	   	  
Germany 	On 07 October 1984 	On 01 June 1994

Also according to Lloyds it is now the Almog and is Honduran but sails to Israel.

Best regards,
Marilynn

-----Original Message-----
From: Strand Øyvin [mailto:oyvin.strand at imr.no] 
Sent: 18 September 2007 13:29
To: francis Mitchell; Marilynn Sørensen; platforms at biwebs1.nerc-liv.ac.uk
Subject: RE: [Platforms] New vessel

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


> -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> 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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