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Guidance: Safety Bulletin 30 – EPIRBs coded with the maritime user protocol: the vessel MMSI must start with a valid country code (232-235)

Maritime Coastguard Agency

August 16
08:23 2022

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The Maritime & Coastguard Agency informs owners and operators that distress alerts from Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) using the Maritime User Protocol (and coded with an MMSI that does not start with a valid country code) will be processed as invalid and discarded or delayed by the Cospas-Sarsat system.

Published 15 August 2022
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