Australian Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) numbering formats

(as at February 2006)

Please note that this list is provided as a service only - no responsibility is accepted or implied whatsoever for Australian MMSI policy.

Australian MMSI's are allocated and administered by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

 

To obtain an Australian MMSI, contact the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, 406 MHz/MMSI Registrar during business hours on:

1800 406 406

(Australian callers)

or

+612 6279 5766

Australian MMSI numbering formats
00503XXXX Coast stations
0050377XX RAN shore installations
0050388XX GMDSS training colleges and some volunteer rescue stations
0050399XX GMDSS maintenance companies
503XXXXXX, where all X are identical AMSA Marine Radio Surveyor test equipment
503001XXX to 503099XXX and

503301XXX to 503999XXX

Merchant ships (X is always zero – ie: three trailing zero’s)
5030001XX to 5039999XX Recreational vessels (X is always zero – ie: two trailing zero’s)

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