Number of persons on board

Introduction/Additional information:

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

Registrant:
ITU-R.M.1371-1
Message number:
6
DAC:
1
FI:
40
State:
in force
Used by:
The Netherlands
Number of slots (max):
1
Permitted as from:
01/01/1998
Details:
Parameter Number of bits Description
Number of persons 13 Current number of persons on board, including crew members: 0-8 191; 0 =default =not available; 8 191 =8 191 or more
Spare 3 Not used. Should be set to zero
Total number of bits  16 This IFM uses one slot