INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
	
	Geneva,  11 May 2004	
	Publication Notice    No.  217-04	

List of Ship Stations (List V)
(44th Edition, 2004)	
including a CD-ROM	
This List is a service publication prepared annually by ITU in pursuance of Article 20 of the Radio Regulations. As prescribed in Appendix 16 to the aforementioned Regulations, all stations on board ships for which a GMDSS or Morse radiotelegraph installation is required by international agreement shall be provided with this List. 
This List is published in two complementing parts as follows:
·	Part A (paper publication)
·	Part B (CD-ROM publication)
The List is complete only if both parts are available.	
Date of publication:	Edition:   June 2004
	Supplement No. 1:   September 2004
	Supplement No. 2:   December 2004
	Supplement No. 3:   March 2005	
Language:	Trilingual (English, French and Spanish)	
Paper format:	A4 (21  29.7 cm)
Edition about 1600 pages
Supplements about 360 pages	
Electronic format:	·	Adobe Acrobat™ PDF
·	Ship Stations database along with a software interface	
Hardware and software requirements:	PC i486TM or Pentium® based processor or compatible with 64 MB of RAM (minimum) and CD‑ROM drive running Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows® Me, Windows NT®, Windows XP® Professional or Home Edition and Adobe Acrobat Reader with Search	
Article number:	Edition and Supplements:   25138
Edition:   25139
	Supplement No. 1:   25140
	Supplement No. 2:   25141
	Supplement No. 3:   25142	
ISBN number:	Edition:   92-71-28033-4
	Supplement No. 1:   92-71-28133-0
	Supplement No. 2:   92-71-28233-7
	Supplement No. 3:   92-71-28333-3	
Price in Swiss francs:	Catalogue Price:     CHF  104.–
Member States and Sector Members:     –15%
Administrations of Least Developed Countries:     – 80%	

List of Ship Stations (List V)
(44th Edition, 2004)

This List is published in two complementing parts as follows:
Part A (paper publication)
This part contains particulars of those ship stations for which an MMSI number has been notified to the Radiocommunication Bureau, with the exception of yacht pleasure ships (i.e. ship classification of PL‑YAT in column 5 of the List) unless advised otherwise by the responsible Administration. This Part shall be kept up to date by means of two quarterly supplements in addition to a half-yearly recapitulative supplement.

Part B (CD-ROM publication)
This part contains particulars of all ship stations notified to the Bureau, with or without an MMSI number, including those installed on board yacht pleasure ships. It shall be kept up to date by means of cumulative quarterly publications. The information therein is presented in two different sections and formats:
·	Section I   –	The Edition and the periodic supplement(s), in Acrobat (pdf) format. 
·	Section II  –	A copy of the ship stations database along with a software interface similar to the ITU MARS system (http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial/mars). 

Contents
Part A (paper publication)  –  The edition of the List is arranged as follows

Preface	Introduction to the List stating its subject, scope, etc.	
Section I		Symbols, abbreviations, TRS codes	
Section II		Global statistics, statistics by country and hours of service of ship stations	
Section III		Particulars of those ship stations for which an MMSI number has been notified to the Radiocommunication Bureau, with the exception of yacht pleasure ships (i.e. ship classification of PL-YAT in column 5 of the List) unless advised otherwise by the responsible Administration	
Section IV	Notes relating to particulars of the above ship stations	
Annex I	Predetermined groups of stations assigned a common call sign and/or numerical identities (selective call numbers and/or MMSI identity)	
Annex II	Former/Present names of the above ship stations	
Annex III	Addresses of Administrations responsible for the notifications	

Part B (CD-ROM publication)  –  The edition of the List is arranged as follows

Preface	Introduction to the List stating its subject, scope, etc.	
Section I
(PDF)		Contains particulars of all ship stations including yacht pleasure ships and those contained in Part A of the publication	
Section II
(database)	Contains all ship stations in database format along with an interface that enables search for the particulars of the following:
–	Ship stations
–	AAICs
–	Administrations responsible for the notifications	

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Article number:	  Edition and Supplements:  25138	No.  217-04	
List of Ship Stations (List V)
(44th Edition, 2004)

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