Passenger and Crew Count
The purpose of the Passenger and Crew Count message is for a ship to report the number of persons on board separated into passengers and crew, e.g., upon request by a competent authority.
Usage notes
- This message is addressed only; sent to the competent authority requesting the information.
- The total number of people onboard the vessel is the sum of the crew (anyone not a passenger) and passenger numbers.
- The Message Linkage ID can be used to link additional text (e.g., a separate text message). However, the same source MMSI needs to be included in both the Passenger and Crew Count and Linked Text messages).
- The UTC day and time fields reflect the time the message is prepared; the number of crew and passengers in the message shall be whatever they were at this time.
- If a message is received with a more recent day/time, then the older message should be discarded and the newer data used.
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Parameter | # of Bits | Description | |||
Standard Message Header | Message ID | 6 | Identifier for Message 6; Set to 6 addressed, acknowledgement needed. | ||
Repeat Indicator | 2 | Used by the repeater to indicate how many times a message has been repeated. (See ITU-R M.1371-3, Annex 2, § 4.6.1). 0-3; 0 = default; 3 = do not repeat any more. Set to 0 (default). | |||
Source MMSI | 30 | MMSI number of source station. Varies according to the transmitter ID. | |||
Sequence number | 2 | 0 – 3; refer to ITU-R M.1371-3, Annex 2, § 5.3.1. | |||
Destination MMSI | 30 | MMSI number of destination station. | |||
Retransmit Flag | 1 | Retransmit Flag. 0 = no retransmission = default; 1 = retransmitted. | |||
Spare | 1 | Not used. Set to zero. | |||
Binary Data | Designated Area Code | 10 | Designated area code (DAC). (See Rec. ITU-R M.1371-3 § 2.1, Annex 5). Set to 367 (US). | ||
Function Identifier | 6 | Function identifier. Set to 16. | |||
Application Data | Message Version | 6 | Sequential number used to indicate the message version in steps of 1. Range from 1 to 63. Value of 0 means test message. Set to 1. | ||
Message Linkage ID | 10 | A source specific running number, unique across all binary messages equipped with Message Linkage ID. Used to link additional information to the message by a Text Description message. The Message Linkage ID and the first six digits of the source MMSI uniquely identify the sent message.
1 – 1,023; 0 = not available = default. |
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Timestamp for currency of POB data | UTC day | 5 | UTC day of the POB data currency.
1 – 31; 0 = UTC day not available = default. |
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UTC hour | 5 | UTC hour of the POB data currency.
0 – 23; 24 = UTC hour not available = default; |
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UTC minute | 6 | UTC minute of the POB data currency.
0 – 59; 60 = UTC minute not available = default; |
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Total crew members | 13 | Number of persons on board other than passengers:
0 = not available or unknown= default; 1 – 8,191 crew; 8,192 = >8,192 crew. |
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Total passengers | 15 | Total number of passengers onboard:
0 = not available or unknown= default; 1 – 32,767; 32,768 = >32,768 passengers. |
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Additional Vessel Type Information |
4 | This parameter provides additional information about the vessel type.
0 = Unknown or not in list= default; 1 = Ferry vessel (people and vehicles); 2 = Ferry vessel (people only); 3 = Cruise ship; 4 = Excursion vessel; 5-15 = Reserved for future use. |
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Total bits | 152 | 1 Slot Binary Message |