Dangerous cargo indication

Introduction/Additional information:

This message should be used as a respond on a request for Dangerous Cargo Indication from a competent authority. The message content is essential to identify that harbour where the necessary documents for the dangerous goods cargo can be found, e. g. last and next port of call. The indication of main dangerous goods and its quantity gives at least an estimation of a potential danger. Intended Application: The data are for use of a competent authority only. Attributes of message: addressed, ship transmitting, no acknowledgement.

Registrant:

IMO Circ. 236

Message number:

6

DAC:

1

FI:

12

State:

deprecated

Number of slots (max):

2

Permitted as from:

01/05/2004

Not to be used after:

01/01/2013

Details:

Parameter	No. 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. Refer to § 4,6,1 0 – 3; default = 0; 3 = do not repeat any more ;
Source ID	30	MMSI number of source station
Sequence Number	2	0 – 3; refer to § 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. Should be zero
IAI	16	DAC = 001; FI =12
Last Port of call	30	UN Locode 5 characters 6 bit ASCII @@@@@ = not available = default
ATD from Last Port of Call	20	Actual Time of Departure, MMDDHHMM UTC
		Bits 19 – 16: month; 1 – 12; 0 = not available = default
		Bits 15 – 11: day; 1 – 31; 0 = not available = default
		Bits 10 – 6: hour; 0 – 23; 24 = not available = default
		Bits 5 – 0: minute; 0 – 59; 60 = not available = default
Next Port of call	30	UN Locode 5 characters 6 bit ASCII @@@@@ = not available = default
ETA at Next Port of Call	20	Estimated Time of Arrival, MMDDHHMM UTC
		Bits 19 – 16: month; 1 – 12; 0 = not available = default
		Bits 15 – 11: day; 1 – 31; 0 = not available = default
		Bits 10 – 6: hour; 0 – 23; 24 = not available = default
		Bits 5 – 0: minute; 0 – 59; 60 = not available = default
Main Dangerous Good	120	Maximum 20 characters 6 bit ASCII @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ = not available = default
IMD category of Main Dangerous Good	24	Maximum 4 characters 6 bit ASCII @@@@@ = not available = default
UN Number of Main Dangerous Good	13	1 – 3363 UN Number 3364- 8191 should not be used 0 = not available = default
Value of Quantity of Main Dangerous Good	10	0 = not available = default; 1 – 1023 = value of quantity
Unit of Quantity of Main Dangerous Good	2	0 = not available = default 1 = in kg 2 = in tons (10E3 kg) 3 = in 1,000 tons (10 E 6 kg)
Spare	3	Not used. Should be set to zero
Total Number of bits	360	Occupies 2 slots