| Designator
|
AIS
|
Function
|
Information
required
|
| A
|
Yes, and VHF
|
Ship
|
Name of the ship
(VHF); call sign and if available IMO identification number and MMSI number
(AIS)
|
| B
|
Yes
|
Date and time of event
|
A 6-digit group event
giving day of month and hours and minutes in Universal Co-ordinated Time
(UTC).
|
| C
|
Yes
|
Position
|
A 5-digit group
giving latitude in degrees and minutes, decimal, suffixed with N and a
6-digit group giving longitude in degrees and minutes, decimal, suffixed
with E.
|
| E
|
Yes
|
True course
|
A 3-digit group
|
| F
|
Yes
|
Speed in knots and tenths of knots
|
A 3-digit group
|
| I
|
Yes
|
Destination and ETA
|
The name of next port
of call given in UN LOCODE. For details see in IMO SN/Circ.244 and;
www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/main.htm. Date and time group expressed
as in (B)
|
| L
|
No
|
Route information
|
A brief description
of the intended route as planned by the master. Ships navigating in The
Sound have options on deciding route in the following areas (see Appendix
1);
|
| a) Disken shoal
|
| b) Ven island
|
| c) Drogden channel
|
| d) Flintrännan
channel
|
| The route information
should be given coded by using the following local designators:
|
- DW – Disken, west of
- DE – Disken, east of
- VW – Ven, west of
- VE – Ven, east of
- D – Drogden
- F – Flintrännan
See examples below.
|
| O
|
Yes
|
Maximum present draught in metres
|
A 2-digit or 3-digit
group giving the present maximum draught in metres (e.g.: 6.1 or 10.4)
|
| P
|
Yes
|
Cargo on board
|
Cargo; and quantity
and IMO class of dangerous goods, if applicable. (see 3.4.1, note c)
|
| Q
|
VHF
|
Defects and deficiencies or other
limitations
|
Details of defects
and deficiencies affecting the equipment of the ship or any other
circumstances affecting normal navigation and manoeuvrability.
|
| T
|
No
|
Ship’s representative and or owner
|
Address and
particulars from which detailed information on the cargo may be obtained.
|
| U
|
VHF
|
Ship’s size
|
Information of
maximum air draught when exceeding 35 metres, required for all ships,
including ships towing or other floating equipment. This information shall
be given by voice transmissions when entering the SOUNDREP area,
irrespectively of, if the information also is given by, e.g., AIS; details
in paragraph 6.6.
|
| W
|
Yes
|
Total number of persons on board
|
State number.
|
| X
|
No
|
Miscellaneous
|
Type and estimated
quantity of bunker fuel, for ships of 1,000 gross tonnage and above.
|