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List V - List of Ship Stations and Maritime Mobile Service Identity Assignments

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2024   Publication Notice with Order Form

List V is published annually, as per the Radio Regulations this publication shall be provided to all ship stations for which a Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) installation is required by international agreement.
List V incorporates a searchable database of over nine hundred thousand ships. It contains details of Maritime Mobile Service Identities for search and rescue aircraft, coast stations, and groups of ship stations. It also provides contact information for accounting authorities and notifying administrations.

The 2024 edition is available for purchase. Vessels should begin to have this edition onboard by July 2024.

2024 Edition Upgrade: Users can now download and access the new desktop application by scanning the QR code on your CD and registering.

Note:
- The official ITU publication CD should be available onboard for ship inspection purposes.
- The ITU logo is not longer displayed on the reverse side of the CD. Image of the CD's reverse side

Next edition will be released in April 2025.

Available inCD/DVD   electronic file
Other editions:   2023   2022   2021   2020   2019   2018  
 
List IV - List of Coast Stations and Special Service Stations

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2023   Publication Notice with Order Form

List IV contains important information for the mariner in relation to radiocommunications, including the GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System). Detailed information such as the frequencies for transmitting and receiving, in addition to geographical coordinates, is provided for maritime coast radio stations, including those assuming watch-keeping using digital selective calling (DSC) techniques and radiotelephony. List IV also supplies details of additional services such as medical advice, navigational and meteorological warnings, MSI (Maritime Safety Information), AIS (Automatic Identification System), meteorological bulletins and radio time signals, along with the hours of service and operational frequencies, information on port stations, pilot stations, coast Earth stations, VTS stations, contact information of RCC (Rescue Coordination Centers), SAR agencies, Navarea coordinators and AtoNs (AIS Aids to Navigation).

As stipulated in Appendix 16 to the RR, this List shall be provided to all ship stations for which a Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) installation is required by international agreement.

The 2023 edition is available for purchase. Note: List IV exists in CD format only. Vessels should register their official CD by scanning their unique QR code. Next edition: 4th Quarter 2025.

Available inCD/DVD   electronic file
Other editions:   2021   2019   2017   2015  
 

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