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Permitted as from: 
09/03/2002
Registrant: 
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Physical link: 
AIS
Message number (0=VDES-VDE): 
6
DAC or VPFI: 
366
FI / Message ID: 
1
Sub: 
6
Technical point of contact: 

U.S. Department of Transportation 
John A. Volpe 
Transportation Systems Center
55 Broadway 
Cambridge, MA 02142

State: 
in force
Number of slots (max): 
5
Last modified: 
10/04/2022 - 12:36
Reporting Rate: 

Each individual Seaway message has an assigned update interval established by the Seaway Traffic Management System (TMS). However, the AIS network may elect to retransmit any messages, system resources permitting, at more frequent intervals.

Used by: 
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Details: 

 

 Parameter    Number of bits    Description 
Designated Area
Code
10 The Designated Area Code will be 366 for the United States or 316 for
Canada depending on the location of transmitter.
Refer to Section 1.1 for description

Function Identifier

6 FI=1
 Reserved  2  
 Message ID  6  Message Identifier = 6 (00 0110 in binary) 
 Binary Data   Max 864   Message contains 1 to 6 water level reports, each structured as defined in next table.
 Total Number of bits   Max 888   = 24 + N*144   
     N Total Bits   (Slots Required) 
     1 168 bits   (2 slots) 
     2 312 bits   (2 slots) 
     3 456 bits   (3 slots) 
     4 600 bits   (4 slots) 
     5 744 bits   (4 slots) 
     6 888 bits   (5 slots) 

Water Flow Report

 Parameter    Number of bits    Description 
Timetag  20  Month, Day and Time of measurement, See UTC Time
Station ID  42  Seven 6-bit ASCII character ID 
Longitude  25  Longitude in 1/1000 minute (±180 degrees, East = positive, West = negative. 181 degrees = not available) 
Latitude  24  Latitude in 1/1000 minute (±90 degrees, North = positive, South = negative. 91 degrees = not available) 
Water Level 14 Water flow in cubic meters per second (16383 = Not Available)
 Reserved  19 Reserved bits for future use 
 Total Number of bits  144   
 

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