3 Call Signs Mms Mid

GMDSS IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
Phonetic Alphabet
Call sign
MID
MMSI
INMARSAT number
Other Identification numbers
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PHONETIC ALPHABET
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
ALFA
BRAVO
CHARLIE
DELTA
ECHO
FOXTROT
GOLF
HOTEL
INDIA
JULIETT
KILO
LIMA
MIKE
AL-FAH
BRAH-VOH
CHAR-LEE
DEL-TAH
ECK-OH
FOKS-TROT
GOLF
HOH-TELL
IN-DEE-AH
JEW-LEE-ETT
KEY-LOH
LEE-MAH
MIKE
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
NOVEMBER
OSCAR
PAPA
QUEBEC
ROMEO
SIERRA
TANGO
UNIFORM
VICTOR
WHISKEY
X-RAY
YANKEE
ZULU
DECIMAL
NO-VEM-BER
OSS-CAH
PAH-PAH
KEH-BECK
ROW-ME-OH
SEE-AIR-RAH
TANG-GO
YOU-NEE-FORM
VIK-TAH
WISS-KEY
ECKS-RAY
YANG-KEY
ZOO-LOO
PHONETIC ALPHABET
0
Nadazero
NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH
Unaone
OO-NAH-WUN
Bissotwo
BEES-SOH-TOO
Terrathree
TAY-RAH-TREE
Kartefour
KAR-TAY-FOWER
Pentafive
PAN-TAH-FIVE
Soxisix
SOK-SEE-SIX
Setteseven
SAY-TAY-SEVEN
Oktoeight
OK-TOH-AIT
Novenine
NO-VAY-NINER

Station License & Radio Safety Certificate
The first and foremost piece of documentation that the GMDSS
operator should be concern with is the station license. All radio
stations must have a station license. The current license must
be posted at the principal control point of each station. A
station license gives a vessel its International Radio Call Sign
(IRCS), Selcall (Selective Calling) number, and its Maritime
Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) number. These identities are
issued by the flag state but are regulated by the ITU. MMSI
and Selcall numbers will be discussed in later chapters, but
Call Signs are important to know about the combination of
characters and numbers to form them.
Station License & Radio Safety Certificate

Call signs in the international series are formed as indicated in
the ITU Article 19 of the International Radio Regulations. The
first two characters shall be two letters or a letter followed by a
digit or a digit followed by a letter. The first two characters or in
certain cases the first character of a call sign would constitute
the nationality identification of the vessel.

The following is how call signs are formed by
following ITU regulations
Land and Fixed Stations
two characters and one letter, or
two characters and one letter followed by not more than three
digits (other than the digits 0 and 1 in cases where they
immediately follow a letter).
As far as possible, the call signs of fixed stations consist of:
two characters and one letter followed by two digits (other
than the digits 0 and 1 in cases where they immediately follow a
letter).
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Ship Stations
two characters and two letters, or
two characters, two letters and one digit (other than the
digits 0 or 1).
ship stations employing only radiotelephony may also use a
call sign consisting of:
two characters (provided that the second is a letter) followed
by four digits (other than the digits 0 or 1 in cases where they
immediately follow a letter), or
two characters and one letter followed by four digits (other
than the digits 0 or 1 in cases where they immediately follow a
letter).
Aircraft stations
two characters and three letters.
Ships survival craft stations

the call sign of the parent ship followed by two digits
(other than the digits 0 or 1 in cases where they immediately
follow a letter).

For example:
Call Signs beginning with
AA-AZ
GA-GZ
KA-KZ
NA-NZ
WA-WZ
2A-2Z
TC
TB
YM
TAA-TCZ
Flag of Vessel
US
UK
USA
USA
USA
UK
TURKISH MERCHANT SHIP
TURKISH NAVAL SHIP
TURKISH YATCH SHIP
TURKISH SHORE STATION
TCTD
M/V Suat Ulusoy
TCPY3
M/V Kurtarma-4
TBKS
TCG Yavuz
TBJM
TCG Turgutreis
TAI
Izmir Turk shore station
TAH
Istanbul Turk shore station
YM2941
Turkish flag yatch or small craft/vessel
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MID-Maritime Identification Digit
A single MID has been allocated to each country. A

second MID can be assigned once the MID first or
subsequently allocated is more than 80% exhausted and
the rate of assignments is such that 90% exhaustion is
foreseen.
A listing of MIDs assigned to each country is provided in
table 1 to Appendix 43 of the ITU Radio Regulations.
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MID-Maritime Identification Digit
A MID always starts with a digit from 2 to 7 (not with the
beginning of 1, 8, 9 and 0)
Samples of some MIDs are as follows:
USA
Turkey
Alaska
Bahamas
Hawaii
Panama
Cayman Islands
United Kingdom
366 or 367
271
303
308
338
352 or 353
319
232
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MARITIME IDENTIFICATION DIGITS ( M I D )

No COUNTRY No
COUNTRY
No
COUNTRY
No
201 Albania
307 Aruba
466 Qatar
624
202 Andora
308 Bahamas
468 Syrian
626
203 Austria
310 Bermuda
470 UAE
627
204 Azores
312 Belize
473 Yemen
629
205 Belgium
314 Barbados
475 Yemen
630
206 Belarus
316 Canada
477 Hong Kong
631
207 Bulgaria
319 Cayman Island 501 Adelie Land
632
208 Vatican
321 Costa Rica
503 Australia
633
209-210 Cyprus
323 Cuba
506 Myanmar
634
211 Germany
325 Dominica
508 Brunei
635
213 Georgia
327 Dominican Rep 510 Micronesia
636
215 Eritrea
329 Guadalupe
512 New Zealand
642
218 Germany
330 Grenada
514 Cambodia
644
219 Denmark
331 Greenland
516 Christmas Island 645
224 Spain
332 Guatemala
518 Cook Islands
647
227 France
334 Honduras
520 Fiji
649
230 Finland
336 Haiti
523 Cocos
650
231 Faroe Islands 338 Hawaii
525 Indonesia
654
COUNTRY
Ethiopia
Gabonese
Ghana
Gambia
Guinea
Equatoral Guinea
Guine
Burkina
Kenya
Kerguelen Island
Liberia
Libya
Lesotho
Mauritius
Madagascar
Mali
Mozambique
Mauritania
232-233 UK
339
341
343
345
347
348
350
Jamaica
236 Gibraltar
Saints Kitts
237 Greece
Saint Lucia
238 Croatia
Mexico
239 Greece
Martinique
242 Morocco
Montserrat
243 Hungary
Nicaragua
244-246 Netherlands 352-353 Panama
247 Italy
358 Puert Rico
249 Malta
361 Saint Pierre
250 Ireland
362 Trinidat
251 Iceland
364 Turks and Caicos
252 Liechtenstein 366 USA
253 Luxembourg 376 Saint Vicent
254 Monaco
378 Virgin Islands
255 Madeira
401 Afganistan
256 Malta
403 Saudi Arabia
257-259 Norway
405 Bangladesh
261 Poland
408 Bahrain
263 Portugal
410 Bhutan
529
531
533
536
538
540
542
544
546
548
553
555
557
559
561
563
567
570
572
574
Kiribati
Lao
Malaysia
655
656
657
Northern Marina Isl. 659
Marshall Island
660
New Caledonia
661
Niue
662
Nauru
663
French Polynesia 664
Philippines
665
Papua New Guinea666
Pitcairn Island
667
Solomon Islands 668
American Samoa 669
Western Samoa 670
Singapore
671
Thailand
672
Tonga
674
Tuvalu
675
Viet Nam
676
Malawi
Niger
Nigeria
Namibia
Reunion
Rwandese
Sudan
Senegal
Seychelles
Saint Helena
Somali
Sierra Leone
Sao Tome
Swaziland
Chad
Togolese
Tunisia
Tanzania
Uganda
Zaire
264
265
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
301
303
304
306
Romania
Sweden
Slovak
San Marino
Switzerland
Czech
Trkiye
Ukraine
Russian F.
Macedonia
Latvia
Estonia
Lithunia
Slovenia
Yugoslavia
Anguilla
Alaska
Antigua
Netherlands
412
416
417
419
422
425
428
431
438
440
445
447
450
453
455
457
459
461
463
China
576
Taiwan
578
Sri Lanka
601
India
603
Iran
605
Iraq
607
Israel
608
Japan
609
Jordan
610
Korea
611
DemocraticKorea 612
Kuwait
613
Lebnon
615
Macao
616
Maldives
617
Mongolia
618
Nepal
619
Oman
621
Pakistan
622
Vanuatu
677
Walls and Futuna 678
South Africa
679
Angola
701
Algeria
710
Amsterdam Island 720
Ascension
725
Burundi
730
Benin
735
Botswana
740
Central Africa
745
Camerun
750
Congo
755
Comoros
760
Cape Verde
765
Crozet Archipelago770
Cote D'ivore
775
Djibouti
Egypt
Zanzibar
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Argentine
Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland
Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuella
VESSEL NAME
Call S.
SAT-C No.1
NMET
TCOR
4 271 14030
HSAN
TCLQ
4 271 11250
KEVSER GNE
TCRX
4 271 11380
SUAT ULUSOY
TCDT
4 271 11750
ZZET NCEKARA
TCIR
4 271 12750
271 000 449
LTER CAB
TCVH
4 271 13160
271 000 456
RIDVAN ZERLER
SAT-C No.2
MID NO.
4 271 11251
271 000 291

271 000 343
4 271 13690
271 000 507
YKSEL GLER
271 000 543
RAHM PAK
TCRP
4 271 13230
4 271 13231
MMET PISAK
TCNI
4 271 13080
4 271 13081
FKRET MANOLU
TCFO
4 271 13030
4 271 13040
271 000 406
MUSTAFA NEVZAT
TCWP
4 271 13440
271 000 528
ABDN PAK
TCZQ
4 271 13460
271 000 529
OCEAN REGION CODES

AOR-W
AOR-E
IOR
POR
TELEX
584
581
583
582
VOICE / FAX
870
870
870
870

MMSI-Maritime Mobile Service
There are now six kinds of Maritime Mobile
Service identities:
Ship station identities,
Group ship station identities,

Coast station identities,
Group coast station identities.
SAR aircraft
Navigational aids and craft associated with a parent ship

Note : In the Turkey, these MMSIs are reserved for the Ky Emniyeti Genel
Mdrl (Telsiz leri Mdrl)
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The structure of the different kind of MMSI numbers is summarized in the following table.

The structure of the different kind of MMSI numbers is
summarized in the following table.
Type of MMSI number
Structure of the number
Individual vessel
M1I2D3X4X5X6X7X8X9
Group of vessels
01M2I3D4X5X6X7X8X9
Shore station or
group of shore stations
0102M3I4D5X6X7X8X9
SAR aircrafts
111213M4I5D6X7X8X9
Navigation aids
9192M3I4D5X6X7X8X9
Structure of a MMSI number.
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Ship Station Identities
The 9-digit code constituting a ship station identity is
formed as follows:
MIDXXXXXX
271000345
(Note : Where the first figure is zero and X is any figure from 0 to 9).
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Station Identities
GMDSS Ship
IDENTIFICATION
NUMBERS
Selective Call with DSC

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Group Ship Station Call Identities
Group ship station call identities for calling simultaneously
more than one ship are formed by the group. These
identities must follow the following pattern:
0MIDXXXXX
027104754
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Group Call with DSC

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The particular MID is not required to be in the group

identity but could represent only the flag of the group or
group leader. It has been recommended to choose a
group leader and base the group MMSI on the MMSI of
the leader, so as to prevent duplicate group MMSI
numbers in the area.
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Coast Station Identities
Coast station identities are formed as follows:
00MIDXXXX
002711000
The MID reflects the country in which the coast station or coast
earth station is located.
Example the MMSI number of stanbul Turk Radio is

002711000 .
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Group Coast Station Call Identities
Group coast station call identities for calling simultaneously
more than one coast station are formed as a subset of coast
station identities, as follows:
00MIDXXXX
002715498
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in substance;
A MMSI number consists of 9 digits.
Ship station
271000123
Ship group station
027101234
Shore station
002711000
Shore group station
002710123
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Turkeys shore stations MMSI numbers;
002711000 (stanbul Trk Radio)
002712000 (Samsun Trk Radio)
002713000 (Antalya Trk Radio)
002714000 (anakkale Trk Radio)
002715000 (skenderun Trk Radio)
002716000 (zmir Trk Radio)
002717000 (Mersin Trk Radio)
002718000 (Trabzon Trk Radio)
002719000 (Zonguldak Trk Radio)
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AIS-SART
(Search And Rescue Transmitter) Identifier
AIS search and rescue transmitters (SART) use the format
917203X4X5Y6Y7Y8Y9, where the digits 4 and 5 are
assigned by the International Association for Marine
Electronics Companies (CIRM) and refer to the SART
manufacturer, and digits 6, 7, 8 and 9 are sequential digits
assigned by the manufacturer identifying the SART.
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AIS SART Identifier (example)
970089003
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SAR Aircraft MMSI
According to Recommendation ITU-R M.585-4, Search
and Rescue (SAR) aircrafts, used to assist in search and
rescue operations, use MMSI's with the block 111 as the
leading three digits, followed by the country MID and 5
number indicate SAR helicopter/1 number indicate SAR
plane and then two digits to indicate the individual
aircraft.
SAR Airplane
SAR Helicopter
111MID1XX
111MID5XX
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These blocks allocated to Turkey for SAR aircraft
Relating to SAR Airplane MMSI Blocks
111271100 - 111271199
Relating to SAR Helicopter MMSI Blocks
111271500 - 111271599
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AIS Aids to Navigation (AtoN)
AIS used as an aid to navigation uses the format
9192M3I4D5X6X7X8X9 where the digits 3, 4 and 5 represent the
MID and X is any figure from 0 to 9.
In the Turkey, these MMSIs are reserved for the Ky Emniyeti
Genel Mdrl (Telsiz leri Mdrl)
Physical AIS AtoN
99MID1XXX
Virtual AIS AtoN
99MID6XXX
These blocks allocated to Turkey for AIS AtoN;

99MID1XXX Physical AIS AtoN
992711000-992715999
99MID6XXX Virtual AIS AtoN
992716000-992719999
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Craft Associated with a Parent Ship
AIS and DSC equipment used on craft associated with a
parent ship, such as a launch, uses the format
9182M3I4D5X6X7X8X9 where the digits 3, 4 and 5 represent
the MID and X is any figure from 0 to 9.
These blocks allocated to Turkey for Craft Associated

With a Parent Ship;
Allocated Blocks
982710000-982719999
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INMARSAT EGC Fleet Net Identification
FleetNET is a service which enables you to reach a group of
ships, e.g. all the ships of the same company, with one single
transmission from the shore. Company (fleet) messages are
broadcast using FleetNET service and will be only received
by vessels whose INMARSAT equipment is programmed
according to the company's own Enhanced Network Identity
(ENID).
ENID
number
consists
of
5
digits.
FleetNET messages are messages addressed to a dedicated
group of mobile stations such as all ships from the same
company or all ships from the same country (having the same
nationality).
EGC ENID (Enhanced Network Identity Digit)

12748
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Selcall Numbers
In telex communication the original identification number of
the NBDP/Telex system was a SELCALL number. This is
short for selective calling. Each station was assigned a
number along with its radio call sign. SELCALL numbers are
arranged as follows:
Coast Station SELCALL :

4 digit number,
Example; stanbul Trk Radio is 4360
Ship Station SELCALL
:
5 digit number,
Example; M/V ALTAIR is 44310
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Selcall Numbers
These blocks allocated to Turkey for Telex ID. Number
These blocks allocated to Turkey for Shore SELCALL
4360 4399
These blocks allocated to Turkey for Ship SELCALL
56400 56599 and
65700 - 65999
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Answebacks
To ensure connectivity is maintained with the correct coast /
ship station or telex network subscriber, Automatic Answer
Backs (AAB) are normally exchanged at the beginning and
end of each communication. Each telex terminal and telex
subscriber ashore has its own individual AAB for
identification purposes. This AAB is programmed into the
terminal equipment and may be actuated by depressing the
HERE IS short-cut key on the keyboard. The AAB is also
transmitted in response to interrogation from other SITOR or
Telex terminals.
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Answebacks
For Example:
3220 AUTO G
3220 is Portishead Radios selcall number
Auto indicates that the auto telex service has been accessed
G indicates the country (in this case the UK)
45543 MFLD X
45543 is the ships selcall number
MFLD is the ships call sign
X indicates that it is a ship station
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Inmarsat Terminal Numbers
The Inmarsat Mobile Number (IMN) is the subscriber's
number, which is used for calling a terminal. It performs
exactly the same function as a telephone number. To obtain
an IMN and activate an Inmarsat station it is necessary to
contact the Point of Service Activation (PSA).
The PSA is an entity that has taken out a contract with
Inmarsat for the activation and maintenance of records and
accounts of Inmarsat terminals. A PSA in some cases can be
a one-stop shop for service activation, terminal equipment
provision and customer support.
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The PSA may not necessarily operate within the country
where the vessel is registered, but the PSA must abide by the
appropriate national regulatory framework. The Fleet terminal
must meet all national licensing requirements.
The PSA is responsible for the enforcement of any national
licensing requirements.
Instant recognition by the SES is possible, given the distinct

identification number system for each satellite system. For
systems B,C and M it includes MID after the initial digit
followed by any 5 digits (usually combined with MMSI). The
fleet system indentification begins with 76 or 60 followed by
any 7 digits.
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Some examples:
INMARSAT-B Ships:
COSTA CLASSICA
324798181;
MAERSK ABERDEEN
347700140
INMARSAT-C Ships:
SEA EMPRESS
431252310;
MAERSK ABERDEEN
447701033
INMARSAT-Fleet 77 Ships:
SEA EMPEROR
600935012 (DATA), 764848792 (VOICE);
LUCIJA
600958665 (DATA), 764881430 (VOICE);
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Station License & Radio Safety Certificate

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Ships survival craft stations

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M/V Suat Ulusoy

Izmir Turk shore station

Istanbul Turk shore station

Turkish flag yatch or small craft/vessel

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A single MID has been allocated to each country. A

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MARITIME IDENTIFICATION DIGITS ( M I D )

271 000 449

271 000 456

271 000 291

271 000 507

271 000 543

271 000 406

271 000 528

271 000 529

OCEAN REGION CODES

GMDSS IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS

Group ship station identities,

Navigational aids and craft associated with a parent ship

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Structure of the number

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Selective Call with DSC

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Group Call with DSC

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The particular MID is not required to be in the group

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