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MY Age of Union bụ ụgbọ mmiri nke Onye Ọzụzụ Atụrụ Nchekwa Oké Osimiri a na-akpọbu aha onye na-eme ihe nkiri telivishọn America na onye edemede Saety flet, sm Simon, onye nyere ego ahụ iji zụta ụgbọ ahụ. Edebere njirimara ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na nzuzo, ka ekpughere ya mgbe ọ zutere ụgbọ mmiri ndị Japan whaling na 2012, mana a chọpụtara mgbe achọpụtara ndebanye aha ya na ndepụta ụgbọ mmiri edebanyere aha nke Ụlọ Ọrụ Nchekwa Maritime nke Australia..

Age of Union bụ ụgbọ mmiri nyocha ihu igwe nke Japan bụ *Kaiko Maru* No. 8. Sea Shepherd kwụrụ Gọọmentị Japan AUD $ 2,000,000 maka ụgbọ mmiri ahụ. A gbanwere aha ya **MV** New ***Atlantis*** obere oge tupu a kpọga ya Brisbane, Queensland. E mechara debanye aha ya nokpuru ọkọlọtọ Australia dị ka ụgbọ mmiri ntụrụndụ a naakpọ *Sam Simon*.

## Ozi
Ọ bụ Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co Ltd wuru Age of Union na Tokyo, Japan dị ka Seifu Maru (清風丸, *Seifū Maru* - nke pụtara *ikuku dị jụụ*), ụgbọ mmiri naenyocha ihu igwe na nke oké osimiri. Ebumnuche nke *Seifu Maru* na ụgbọ mmiri nwanne ya nwanyị bụ ime nchọpụta nke mmetọ naemetụta gburugburu mmiri na mmiri dị gburugburu Japan na ọdịda anyanwụ North Pacific, naekpuchi gas naekpo ọkụ, ihe naemebi ozone, ọla dị arọ, na mmanụ. Ụlọ ọrụ Japan Meteorological Agency na-arụ ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ise: *Chofu Maru* (長風丸, 1987), *Kofu Maru* (高風丸, 1988), *Seifu Maru* (清風丸, 1993), *Ryofu Maru* (凌風丸, 1995) na *Keifu Maru* (啓風丸, 2000). Ọ bụ Maizuru Marine Observatory naarụ ọrụ *Seifu Maru* ma rụọ ọrụ na Oké Osimiri Japan. A rụchara mmemme ARGO nke Japan ma ree ụgbọ mmiri ahụ naenweghị mkpa na Offshore Operation Co. Ltd ma nye ya aha *Kaiko Maru* No 8 na 2010.
áká_èkpè|thumb|MY ''Sam Simon'' na Hobart, Tasmania na Disemba 2012
Na Septemba 2012, New Atlantis Ventures LLC zụrụ *Kaiko Maru*, nke dị na Wilmington, Delaware USA (ụlọ ọrụ shell nke Sea Shepherd), ma nye ya aha ọhụrụ *Atlantis*, nke edebanyere aha nokpuru ọkọlọtọ Tuvalu. Nọnwa Disemba afọ 2012, a gbanwere aha New *Atlantis* ka ọ bụrụ *Sam Simon*. E mere mmelite $ 500,000 maka ọsọ na ọsọ dị elu na Brisbane, ebe a kwụsịrị ya ma buru ihe maka njem gaa nebe nchekwa whale. A kpughere ụgbọ mmiri ahụ nihu ọha na Hobart, Tasmania na Disemba 2012.

Na Febụwarị 20, 2013, ụgbọ mmiri naegbu whale nke Japan bụ *Nisshin Maru* zutere *Sam Simon*, MY Steve Irwin na MY Bob Barker ọtụtụ ugboro nọgụ na Southern Ocean, nebe ugwu nke Casey Research Station nke Australia na Antarctica.MY Sam Simon naarụ ọrụ ugbu a na Europe na West Africa. Na Europe, ndị ọrụ Sam Simon naese ihe nkiri nke ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri naegbu egbu na mgbalị ịdọrọ uche gaa na dolphin bycatch (dolphin ndị a naamaghị ama jidere na ụgbụ nke ndị naegbu azụ). Na West Africa, ndị ọrụ Sam Simon na ọtụtụ Gọọmentị naarụkọ ọrụ iji kwụsị ịkụ azụ n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị naeme n'ime mmiri West Africa.

Site na 24 Mee 2021, a hụla MY Sam Simon na ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Gibraltar maka oku teknụzụ.

A gbanwere aha Sam Simon ka ọ bụrụ Age of Union na Jenụwarị 2022 mgbe Dax Dasilva nyere onyinye nde $ 4.5.

## Ihe odide

* Ọnọdụ oké osimiri nke Oké Osimiri Japan - Maizuru Marine Observatory (Japanese)
* Sea Meteorological Observation Report - Maizuru Marine Observatory (Japanese)
* Foto nke ''Sam Simon''
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