Division 3.5.3.2 Number of persons on board (Inland specific message FI 55)
United Kingdom
This message shall be sent by inland vessels only, to inform about the number of persons (passengers, crew, shipboard personnel) on board. The message shall be sent with binary message 6 preferably on event or on request using International Application Identifier binary functional message 2.
Table 3.5
Number of Persons on board report
| Parameter | Bit | 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. 0-3; Default = 0; 3 = do not repeat any more | |
| Source ID | 30 | MMSI number of source station | |
| Sequence number | 2 | 0 — 3 | |
| Destination ID | 30 | MMSI number of destination station | |
| Retransmit flag | 1 | Retransmit flag shall be set upon retransmission: 0 = no retransmission = default; 1 = retransmitted. | |
| Spare | 1 | Not used, shall be set to zero. Reserved for future use | |
| Binary data | Application identifier | 16 | DAC = 200, FI = 55 |
| Number of crew members on board | 8 | 0 — 254 crew members, 255 = unknown = default | |
| Number of passengers on board | 13 | 0 — 8 190 passengers, 8 191 = unknown = default | |
| Number of shipboard personnel on board | 8 | 0 — 254 shipboard personnel, 255 = unknown = default | |
| Spare | 51 | Not used, shall be set to zero. Reserved for future use. | |
| Total | 168 | Occupies one slot |