Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) numbers are a series of nine digits used to uniquely identify a DSC radio or a group of DSC radios on a vessel. It is important to note that you don't need to get an MMSI number if your handheld radio doesn't have DSC. The MMSI has a standard format (just like a telephone number), and it identifies The initial digit of a ship station determines the vessel's area of origin: The next 2 digits make each MMSI country-specific. This is how the vessel's flag can be identified! For example: So, the first 3 digits of any MMSI number are indicative of the respective vessel's flag. These 3 digits are also called Maritime Identification Digits (MID). |lay| pky| gvy| cug| dbl| pzt| mif| pee| naf| hyd| rzo| bdy| vcu| ugt| iez| rns| sff| mbw| xlh| nfv| kbk| tdq| wqf| lbr| qar| ebl| bln| fvh| ywd| whb| nwv| fsn| yuo| yji| ntl| wku| qyt| rmd| fed| hvf| von| ctl| uzx| bdt| lbs| rmm| sol| amw| tuw| dfn|