DBA Forum (B) - Andrew MacGregor
2014-09-08 05:22:06 UTC
ATIS number for an Australian registered ship:. For the last few years we have been pottering around the inland waters of Holland, Belgium and France with an ATIS capable VHF but no ATIS number. This was because we could not find information on how to get one. We had no reply to enquiries to the Dutch authorities (our boat is based in Friesland) and the Australian authorities knew nothing about ATIS (probably not helped by the existence of a local scheme for trucks using the same acronym). Dutch VHF technicians were unable to help.
Today I have found the link below which clearly states that ANY vessel from a non-RAINWAT.country - not just UK vessels, should use their MMSI number with a 9 prefix.
I hope this helps others.
The link is http://www.rainwat.bipt
Today I have found the link below which clearly states that ANY vessel from a non-RAINWAT.country - not just UK vessels, should use their MMSI number with a 9 prefix.
I hope this helps others.
The link is http://www.rainwat.bipt