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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Maritime Mobile Service Identity -- MMSI

A Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) is a unique 9 digit number and acts in the same way as a telephone number. The MMSI allows radio operator to make automatic calls through VHF DSC radio and is the identity that is automatically transmitted within DSC calls.
These MMSI numbers are issued by the appropriate authorities in the country of registration of the vessel and can be referenced back to a database of information about the vessel and it’s owners and so forth. So, the MMSI belongs to the vessel. Also CRSs (Coast Radio Stations) have their own MMSI because they have their own VHF DSC radio and could be called by any vessels VHF DSC radio.
The MMSI is programmed into the VHF DSC radio. The MMSI number assigned to the vessel must be programmed by the VHF DSC radio supplier.
Before a new VHF DSC radio could be used on a vessel, the following procedure must be taken:
  • If a vessel already has its own MMSI number, then its MMSI number should be programmed by an authorized VHF DSC radio supplier.
  • If a vessel doesn't have its own MMSI number, then the vessel owner must apply for a MMSI number at appropriate authorities and when the MMSI number is assigned, it should be programmed by an authorized VHF DSC radio supplier.
For ship stations the first three digits are known as the MID (Maritime Identification Digit) number and indicate nationality, e.g. MIDs allocated to United Kingdom are 232,233,234 and 235. The last six digits uniquely identify the individual vessel.
MID xxxxxx
For example, Cunard Lines Queen Mary 2 MMSI number 235 762000.
For CRS (Coast Radios Stations) the first two digits of the MMSI number are always 00, followed by the 3 digit MID nationality indicator, followed by the individual station number.

00 MID xxxx

For example, Palermo Italy MMSI number 00 247 0002.
For a group of stations the first digit of the MMSI number is always 0, followed by the 3 digit MID nationality indicator, followed by the group station number. Group MMSIs are usually acquired by companies for their fleet, or by category of operation or by nationality. The group MMSI is an additional MMSI to the MMSI of a vessel (ship station) and it is used to call all vessels with the same group MMSI with only one call.
0 MID xxxxx

All MIDs available are as follows:


COUNTRY

MID

Adelie Land 501
Afghanistan 401
Alaska (State of) 303
Albania (Republic of) 201
Algeria (People's Democratic Republic of) 605
American Samoa 559
Andorra (Principality of) 202
Angola (Republic of) 603
Anguilla 301
Antigua and Barbuda 304, 305
Argentine Republic 701
Armenia (Republic of) 216
Aruba 307
Ascension Island 608
Australia 503
Austria 203
Azerbaijani Republic 423
Azores 204
Bahamas (Commonwealth of the) 308, 309, 311
Bahrain (Kingdom of) 408
Bangladesh (People's Republic of) 405
Barbados 314
Belarus (Republic of) 206
Belgium 205
Belize 312
Benin (Republic of) 610
Bermuda 310
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 410
Bolivia (Republic of) 720
Bosnia and Herzegovina 478
Botswana (Republic of) 611
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 710
British Virgin Islands 378
Brunei Darussalam 508
Bulgaria (Republic of) 207
Burkina Faso 633
Burundi (Republic of) 609
Cambodia (Kingdom of) 514, 515
Cameroon (Republic of) 613
Canada 316
Cape Verde (Republic of) 617
Cayman Islands 319
Central African Republic 612
Chad (Republic of) 670
Chile 725
China (People's Republic of) 412, 413
Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) 516
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 523
Colombia (Republic of) 730
Comoros (Union of the) 616
Congo (Republic of the) 615
Cook Islands 518
Costa Rica 321
Côte d'Ivoire (Republic of) 619
Croatia (Republic of) 238
Crozet Archipelago 618
Cuba 323
Cyprus (Republic of) 209, 210, 212
Czech Republic 270
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 445
Democratic Republic of the Congo 676
Denmark 219, 220
Djibouti (Republic of) 621
Dominica (Commonwealth of) 325
Dominican Republic 327
Ecuador 735
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 622
El Salvador (Republic of) 359
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 631
Eritrea 625
Estonia (Republic of) 276
Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of) 624
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 740
Faroe Islands 231
Fiji (Republic of) 520
Finland 230
France 226, 227, 228
French Polynesia 546
Gabonese Republic 626
Gambia (Republic of the) 629
Georgia 213
Germany (Federal Republic of) 211, 218
Ghana 627
Gibraltar 236
Greece 237, 239, 240
Greenland 331
Grenada 330
Guadeloupe (French Department of) 329
Guatemala (Republic of) 332
Guiana (French Department of) 745
Guinea (Republic of) 632
Guinea-Bissau (Republic of) 630
Guyana 750
Haiti (Republic of) 336
Honduras (Republic of) 334
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 477
Hungary (Republic of) 243
Iceland 251
India (Republic of) 419
Indonesia (Republic of) 525
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 422
Iraq (Republic of) 425
Ireland 250
Israel (State of) 428
Italy 247
Jamaica 339
Japan 431, 432
Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of) 438
Kazakhstan (Republic of) 436
Kenya (Republic of) 634
Kerguelen Islands 635
Kiribati (Republic of) 529
Korea (Republic of) 440, 441
Kuwait (State of) 447
Kyrgyz Republic 451
Lao People's Democratic Republic 531
Latvia (Republic of) 275
Lebanon 450
Lesotho (Kingdom of) 644
Liberia (Republic of) 636, 637
Liechtenstein (Principality of) 252
Lithuania (Republic of) 277
Luxembourg 253
Macao (Special Administrative Region of China) 453
Madagascar (Republic of) 647
Madeira 255
Malawi 655
Malaysia 533
Maldives (Republic of) 455
Mali (Republic of) 649
Malta 215, 248, 249, 256
Marshall Islands (Republic of the) 538
Martinique (French Department of) 347
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 654
Mauritius (Republic of) 645
Mexico 345
Micronesia (Federated States of) 510
Moldova (Republic of) 214
Monaco (Principality of) 254
Mongolia 457
Montenegro (Republic of) 262
Montserrat 348
Morocco (Kingdom of) 242
Mozambique (Republic of) 650
Myanmar (Union of) 506
Namibia (Republic of) 659
Nauru (Republic of) 544
Nepal 459
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 244, 245, 246
Netherlands Antilles 306
New Caledonia 540
New Zealand 512
Nicaragua 350
Niger (Republic of the) 656
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 657
Niue 542
Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the) 536
Norway 257, 258, 259
Oman (Sultanate of) 461
Pakistan (Islamic Republic of) 463
Palau (Republic of) 511
Palestine (In accordance with Resolution 99 Rev. Antalya, 2006) 443
Panama (Republic of) 351, 352, 353, 354, 355,356, 357, 371, 372
Papua New Guinea 553
Paraguay (Republic of) 755
Peru 760
Philippines (Republic of the) 548
Pitcairn Island 555
Poland (Republic of) 261
Portugal 263
Puerto Rico 358
Qatar (State of) 466
Reunion (French Department of) 660
Romania 264
Russian Federation 273
Rwanda (Republic of) 661
Saint Helena 665
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Federation of) 341
Saint Lucia 343
Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands 607
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Territorial Collectivity of) 361
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 375, 376, 377
Samoa (Independent State of) 561
San Marino (Republic of) 268
Sao Tome and Principe (Democratic Republic of) 668
Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of) 403
Senegal (Republic of) 663
Serbia (Republic of) 279
Seychelles (Republic of) 664
Sierra Leone 667
Singapore (Republic of) 563, 564, 565
Slovak Republic 267
Slovenia (Republic of) 278
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 642
Solomon Islands 557
Somali Democratic Republic 666
South Africa (Republic of) 601
Spain 224, 225
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of) 417
Sudan (Republic of the) 662
Suriname (Republic of) 765
Swaziland (Kingdom of) 669
Sweden 265, 266
Switzerland (Confederation of) 269
Syrian Arab Republic 468
Taiwan (Province of China) 416
Tanzania (United Republic of) 674, 677
Thailand 567
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 274
Togolese Republic 671
Tonga (Kingdom of) 570
Trinidad and Tobago 362
Tunisia 672
Turkey 271
Turkmenistan 434
Turks and Caicos Islands 364
Tuvalu 572
Uganda (Republic of) 675
Ukraine 272
United Arab Emirates 470
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 232, 233, 234, 235
United States Virgin Islands 379
United States of America 338, 366, 367, 368, 369
Uruguay (Eastern Republic of) 770
Uzbekistan (Republic of) 437
Vanuatu (Republic of) 576
Vatican City State 208
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 775
Viet Nam (Socialist Republic of) 574
Wallis and Futuna Islands 578
Yemen (Republic of) 473, 475
Zambia (Republic of) 678
Zimbabwe (Republic of) 679

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  5. The Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) is a unique number that identifies your vessel when it is using a maritime mobile service, such as the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). When you register your vessel with the MMSI, you will be assigned a 9-digit number that will be used to identify your vessel in radio communications.

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  6. Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) is a nine-digit number that uniquely identifies your ship station. When you register with the FCC, you will be assigned an MMSI.

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