User talk:BEM401

Talk:'IMO' ship identification number

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search

This page indicated that it needed clean-up or re-write to "improve" it to meet wikipedia quality. I agreed because I use this information in my job, so I try to stay on top of it. Wikipedia is a great source fro information especially if you don't want to muddle through 100 cached webpages. This section was weak and not current. it also contained some minor errors.

The information I inserted in my edit is verbatum from the International Maritime Organization information. I edited the definition section to add missing information. As for the letters "IMO", they are clearly a part of the IMO identification number, which clearly separates this ID: from the Maritime Administrations 9 digit Maritime Mobile Service Identifier (MMSI) number which contains a 3 digit country code followed by a unique 6 digit number for use with the Automated Identification System (AIS). The IMO number never changes. On the other hand, the MMSI number can be changed any time a vessel changes hands, or flags. The requirement to "show" the IMO number visibly on the hull or superstructure is where "IMO" stands out as part of the ID. BEM401 (talk) 21:10, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:BEM401"