Number of persons on board

Introduction/Additional information:

This message should be used by a ship to report the number of persons on board (e.g., on request by a competent authority).

Permitted as from:

01/06/2010

Registrant:

IMO Circ. 289

Physical link:

AIS

Message number (0=VDES-VDE):

DAC or VPFI:

FI / Message ID:

State:

in force

State link:

Number of slots (max):

Last modified:

15/05/2023 - 12:26

Details:

Parameter	No. of bits	Description
Message ID	6	Identifier for Message 6; always 6.
Repeat Indicator	2	Used by the repeater to indicate how many times a message has been repeated. 0 - 3 0 = default 3 = do not repeat anymore
Source ID	30	MMSI number of source station.
Sequence Number	2	0 - 3; refer to ITU-R M.1371-3, Annex 2, § 5.3.1.
Destination ID	30	MMSI number of destination station.
Retransmit Flag	1	Retransmit Flag should be set upon retransmission. 0 = no retransmission = default 1 = retransmitted
Spare	1	Not used. Set to zero.
IAI	16	DAC = 001; FI =16 (see ITU-R M.1371-3, Annex 5, § 2.1).
Number of Persons	13	Number of persons currently on-board, including crew members. 0 = not available = default 1 - 8,190 8,191 = 8,191 or greater
Spare	35	Not used. Set to zero.
Total	136	Occupies one slot