[Platforms] German ICEBIRD, Norwegian Polar Bird

[Anne Che-Bohnenstengel]

Hi Marilynn,

We have no further information on 'ICEBIRD' either. The ship was renamed 
  'Polar Bird' in 1996.

The technical data are:
Length 109 m, width 18.9 m, draught 7.5 m

Best regards,
Anne

Marilynn Sørensen schrieb:

> 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=
>>
>>--
>>Francis Mitchell
>>NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center
>>1315 East West Highway, SSMC3, Room 4637 Silver Spring, MD 20910
>>301-713-3272 x113
>>
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