| Type | 
      Name | 
      Description | 
    
    
      | 1 | 
      Position
report   | 
      Scheduled position report
(Class A shipborne mobile equipment)  | 
    
    
      | 2 | 
      Position report  | 
      Assigned scheduled position
report; (Class A shipborne mobile equipment)  | 
    
    
      | 3  | 
      Position
report  | 
      Special position report,
response to interrogation; (Class A shipborne mobile equipment)  | 
    
    
      | 4 | 
      Base station report  | 
      Position, UTC, date and current
slot number of base station | 
    
    
      | 5 | 
      Static
and
voyage
related
data  | 
      Scheduled static and voyage
related vessel data report; (Class A shipborne mobile equipment) | 
    
    
      | 6 | 
      Binary
addressed
message  | 
      Binary
data
for
addressed
communication  | 
    
    
      7 
       | 
      Binary
acknowledgement  | 
      Acknowledgement of received
addressed binary data | 
    
    
      | 8  | 
      Binary
broadcast
message  | 
      Binary
data
for
broadcast
communication  | 
    
    
      9 
       | 
      Standard
SAR
aircraft
position
report  | 
      Position report for airborne
stations involved in SAR operations, only | 
    
    
      10 
       | 
      UTC/date
inquiry  | 
      Request UTC and date | 
    
    
      11 
       | 
      UTC/date
response  | 
      Current UTC and date if available | 
    
    
      12 
       | 
      Addressed
safety
related
message  | 
      Safety related data for
addressed communication | 
    
    
      13 
       | 
      Safety
related
acknowledgement  | 
      Acknowledgement of received
addressed safety related message | 
    
    
      14 
       | 
      Safety
related
broadcast
message  | 
      Safety related data for
broadcast communication | 
    
    
      15 
       | 
      Interrogation  | 
      Request for a specific message
type (can result in multiple responses from one or several stations | 
    
    
      16 
       | 
      Assignment
mode
command  | 
      Assignment of a specific report
behaviour by competent authority using a Base station | 
    
    
      17 
       | 
      DGNSS
broadcast
binary
message  | 
      DGNSS corrections provided by a
base station | 
    
    
      18 
       | 
      Standard
Class
B
equipment
position
report  | 
      Standard position report for
Class B shipborne mobile equipment to be used instead of Messages 1, 2,
3 | 
    
    
      19 
       | 
      Extended
Class
B
equipment
position
report  | 
      Extended position report for
class B shipborne mobile equipment; contains additional static
information | 
    
    
      20 
       | 
      Data
link
management
message  | 
      Reserve slots for Base station(s) | 
    
    
      21 
       | 
      Aids-to-Navigation
report  | 
      Position and status report for
aids-to-navigation | 
    
    
      22 
       | 
      Channel
management  | 
      Management of channels and
transceiver modes by a Base station | 
    
    
      23 
       | 
      Group
assignment
command  | 
      Assignment of a specific report
behaviour by competent authority using a Base station to a specific
group of mobiles | 
    
    
      24 
       | 
      Static
data
report  | 
      Additional data assigned to an
MMSI Part A: Name, Part
B:
Static
Data | 
    
    
      25 
       | 
      Single slot binary message  | 
      Short unscheduled binary data
transmission (broadcast or addressed) | 
    
    
      26 
       | 
      Multiple slot binary message
with Communications State  | 
      Scheduled binary data
transmission (broadcast or addressed) | 
    
    
      27 
       | 
      Position report for long range
applications  | 
      Scheduled position report; Class
A shipborne mobile equipment outside base station coverage |