{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-838/annex/division-3/division-3.5/division-3.5.3/division-3.5.3.2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/838",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/838 of 20 February 2019 on technical specifications for vessel tracking and tracing systems and repealing Regulation (EC) No 415/2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-838",
  "path": "annex/division/3/division/3.5/division/3.5.3/division/3.5.3.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.5.3.2",
  "heading": "Number of persons on board (Inland specific message FI 55)",
  "text": "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.\nTable 3.5\nNumber of Persons on board report\nParameter\nBit\nDescription\nMessage ID\n6\nIdentifier for message 6; always 6\nRepeat indicator\n2\nUsed by the repeater to indicate how many times a message has been repeated.\n0-3; Default = 0; 3 = do not repeat any more\nSource ID\n30\nMMSI number of source station\nSequence number\n2\n0 — 3\nDestination ID\n30\nMMSI number of destination station\nRetransmit flag\n1\nRetransmit flag shall be set upon retransmission: 0 = no retransmission = default;\n1 = retransmitted.\nSpare\n1\nNot used, shall be set to zero. Reserved for future use\nBinary data\nApplication identifier\n16\nDAC = 200, FI = 55\nNumber of crew members on board\n8\n0 — 254 crew members, 255 = unknown = default\nNumber of passengers on board\n13\n0 — 8 190 passengers, 8 191 = unknown = default\nNumber of shipboard personnel on board\n8\n0 — 254 shipboard personnel, 255 = unknown = default\nSpare\n51\nNot used, shall be set to zero. Reserved for future use.\nTotal\n168\nOccupies one slot",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/838/annex/division/3/division/3.5/division/3.5.3/division/3.5.3.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:22.038059+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}