This message should be used to inform ships, in particular to give guidance to large vessels about temporary closed fairways or sections in ports. Attributes: broadcast, shore station transmitting, no acknowledgement.
Parameter | No. of Bits | Description |
---|---|---|
Message ID | 6 | Identifier for Message 8; always 8 |
Repeat Indicator | 2 | Used by the repeater to indicate how many times a message has been repeated. |
Source ID | 30 | Name of source station |
Spare | 2 | Not used. Should be set to zero. |
IAI | 16 | DAC = 001; FI = 13 |
Reason for closing | 120 | Maximum 20 characters 6-bit ASCII “@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@” = not available = default |
Location of closing from | 120 | Maximum 20 characters 6-bit ASCII “@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@” = not available = default |
Location of closing To | 120 | Maximum 20 characters 6-bit ASCII “@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@” = not available = default |
Extension of closed area (radius) | 10 | extension; (valid range 0-1000, 1001 = not available = default) |
Unit of extension value | 2 | 0=[m], 1=[km], 2=[nm], 3=[cbl] |
Closing from day | 5 | 1-31; 0 = day not available = default |
Closing from month | 4 | 1-12; 0 = month unavailable = default; 13-15 unused |
From LT hour (appr) | 5 | 0-23; 24 = LT hour not available = default; 25-31 not used |
From LT minute (appr) | 6 | 0-59; 60 = LT minute not available = default; 61-63 not used |
To day | 5 | 1-31; 0 = day not available = default |
To month | 4 | 1-12; 0 = month unavailable = default; 13-15 unused |
To LT hour (appr) | 5 | 0-23; 24 = LT hour not available = default; 25-31 not used |
To LT minute (appr) | 6 | 0-59; 60 = LT minute not available = default; 61-63 not used |
Spare | 4 | |
Total number of bits | 472 | occupies 3 slots |