Explain how vessel's flags code are derived from AIS.
Flag Code is Identified from the uniquely assigned 9 digit MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity) number to the Vessel. Frist 3 digit of MMSI specify the Vessel's Flag and country
MMSI first 3 digits also known as MID (Maritime Identification Digits). MID First digit represent the assigned region, It is always between 2 to 7. Region Defined with examples respect to the First MID digit:
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- 2 Europe (e.g., Italy has MID 247; Denmark has MIDs 219 and 220)
- 3 North and Central America and Caribbean (e.g., Canada, 316; Greenland, 331; Panama, 351 through 357, plus 370 through 373; United States, 303(Alaska), 338(domestic), plus 366 through 369)
- 4 Asia (not the southeast) ( Maldives, 455; Japan, 431)
- 5 Oceania (Australia, 503; New Zealand, 512), and Southeast Asia (Philippines, 548; Indonesia, 525)
- 6 Africa (Eritrea, 625)
- 7 South America (Peru, 760)
Table below represents MID respect to country code and Name:
MID |
Country Name |
Country Code |
201 |
Albania |
AL |
202 |
Andorra |
AD |
203 |
Austria |
AT |
204 |
Portugal |
PT |
205 |
Belgium |
BE |
206 |
Belarus |
BY |
207 |
Bulgaria |
BG |
208 |
Vatican |
VA |
209 |
Cyprus |
CY |
210 |
Cyprus |
CY |
211 |
Germany |
DE |
212 |
Cyprus |
CY |
213 |
Georgia |
GE |
214 |
Moldova |
MD |
215 |
Malta |
MT |
216 |
Armenia |
AM |
218 |
Germany |
DE |
219 |
Denmark |
DK |
220 |
Denmark |
DK |
224 |
Spain |
ES |
225 |
Spain |
ES |
226 |
France |
FR |
227 |
France |
FR |
228 |
France |
FR |
229 |
Malta |
MT |
230 |
Finland |
FI |
231 |
Faroe Is |
FO |
232 |
United Kingdom |
GB |
233 |
United Kingdom |
GB |
234 |
United Kingdom |
GB |
235 |
United Kingdom |
GB |
236 |
Gibraltar |
GI |
237 |
Greece |
GR |
238 |
Croatia |
HR |
239 |
Greece |
GR |
240 |
Greece |
GR |
241 |
Greece |
GR |
242 |
Morocco |
MA |
243 |
Hungary |
HU |
244 |
Netherlands |
NL |
245 |
Netherlands |
NL |
246 |
Netherlands |
NL |
247 |
Italy |
IT |
248 |
Malta |
MT |
249 |
Malta |
MT |
250 |
Ireland |
IE |
251 |
Iceland |
IS |
252 |
Liechtenstein |
LI |
253 |
Luxembourg |
LU |
254 |
Monaco |
MC |
255 |
Portugal |
PT |
256 |
Malta |
MT |
257 |
Norway |
NO |
258 |
Norway |
NO |
259 |
Norway |
NO |
261 |
Poland |
PL |
262 |
Montenegro |
ME |
263 |
Portugal |
PT |
264 |
Romania |
RO |
265 |
Sweden |
SE |
266 |
Sweden |
SE |
267 |
Slovakia |
SK |
268 |
San Marino |
SM |
269 |
Switzerland |
CH |
270 |
Czech Republic |
CZ |
271 |
Turkey |
TR |
272 |
Ukraine |
UA |
273 |
Russia |
RU |
274 |
FYR Macedonia |
MK |
275 |
Latvia |
LV |
276 |
Estonia |
EE |
277 |
Lithuania |
LT |
278 |
Slovenia |
SI |
279 |
Serbia |
RS |
301 |
Anguilla |
AI |
303 |
USA |
US |
304 |
Antigua Barbuda |
AG |
305 |
Antigua Barbuda |
AG |
306 |
Curacao |
CW |
307 |
Aruba |
AW |
308 |
Bahamas |
BS |
309 |
Bahamas |
BS |
310 |
Bermuda |
BM |
311 |
Bahamas |
BS |
312 |
Belize |
BZ |
314 |
Barbados |
BB |
316 |
Canada |
CA |
319 |
Cayman Is |
KY |
321 |
Costa Rica |
CR |
323 |
Cuba |
CU |
325 |
Dominica |
DM |
327 |
Dominican Rep |
DO |
329 |
Guadeloupe |
GP |
330 |
Grenada |
GD |
331 |
Greenland |
GL |
332 |
Guatemala |
GT |
334 |
Honduras |
HN |
336 |
Haiti |
HT |
338 |
USA |
US |
339 |
Jamaica |
JM |
341 |
St Kitts Nevis |
KN |
343 |
St Lucia |
LC |
345 |
Mexico |
MX |
347 |
Martinique |
MQ |
348 |
Montserrat |
MS |
350 |
Nicaragua |
NI |
351 |
Panama |
PA |
352 |
Panama |
PA |
353 |
Panama |
PA |
354 |
Panama |
PA |
355 |
Panama |
PA |
356 |
Panama |
PA |
357 |
Panama |
PA |
358 |
Puerto Rico |
PR |
359 |
El Salvador |
SV |
361 |
St Pierre Miquelon |
PM |
362 |
Trinidad Tobago |
TT |
364 |
Turks Caicos Is |
TC |
366 |
USA |
US |
367 |
USA |
US |
368 |
USA |
US |
369 |
USA |
US |
370 |
Panama |
PA |
371 |
Panama |
PA |
372 |
Panama |
PA |
373 |
Panama |
PA |
374 |
Panama |
PA |
375 |
St Vincent Grenadines |
VC |
376 |
St Vincent Grenadines |
VC |
377 |
St Vincent Grenadines |
VC |
378 |
British Virgin Is |
VG |
379 |
US Virgin Is |
VI |
401 |
Afghanistan |
AF |
403 |
Saudi Arabia |
SA |
405 |
Bangladesh |
BD |
408 |
Bahrain |
BH |
410 |
Bhutan |
BT |
412 |
China |
CN |
413 |
China |
CN |
414 |
China |
CN |
416 |
Taiwan |
TW |
417 |
Sri Lanka |
LK |
419 |
India |
IN |
422 |
Iran |
IR |
423 |
Azerbaijan |
AZ |
425 |
Iraq |
IQ |
428 |
Israel |
IL |
431 |
Japan |
JP |
432 |
Japan |
JP |
434 |
Turkmenistan |
TM |
436 |
Kazakhstan |
KZ |
437 |
Uzbekistan |
UZ |
438 |
Jordan |
JO |
440 |
Korea |
KR |
441 |
Korea |
KR |
443 |
Palestine |
PS |
445 |
DPR Korea |
KP |
447 |
Kuwait |
KW |
450 |
Lebanon |
LB |
451 |
Kyrgyz Republic |
KG |
453 |
Macao |
MO |
455 |
Maldives |
MV |
457 |
Mongolia |
MN |
459 |
Nepal |
NP |
461 |
Oman |
OM |
463 |
Pakistan |
PK |
466 |
Qatar |
QA |
468 |
Syria |
SY |
470 |
UAE |
AE |
471 |
UAE |
AE |
472 |
Tajikistan |
TJ |
473 |
Yemen |
YE |
475 |
Yemen |
YE |
477 |
Hong Kong |
HK |
478 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BA |
501 |
Antarctica |
AQ |
503 |
Australia |
AU |
506 |
Myanmar |
MM |
508 |
Brunei |
BN |
510 |
Micronesia |
FM |
511 |
Palau |
PW |
512 |
New Zealand |
NZ |
514 |
Cambodia |
KH |
515 |
Cambodia |
KH |
516 |
Christmas Is |
CX |
518 |
Cook Is |
CK |
520 |
Fiji |
FJ |
523 |
Cocos Is |
CC |
525 |
Indonesia |
ID |
529 |
Kiribati |
KI |
531 |
Laos |
LA |
533 |
Malaysia |
MY |
536 |
N Mariana Is |
MP |
538 |
Marshall Is |
MH |
540 |
New Caledonia |
NC |
542 |
Niue |
NU |
544 |
Nauru |
NR |
546 |
French Polynesia |
PF |
548 |
Philippines |
PH |
553 |
Papua New Guinea |
PG |
555 |
Pitcairn Is |
PN |
557 |
Solomon Is |
SB |
559 |
American Samoa |
AS |
561 |
Samoa |
WS |
563 |
Singapore |
SG |
564 |
Singapore |
SG |
565 |
Singapore |
SG |
566 |
Singapore |
SG |
567 |
Thailand |
TH |
570 |
Tonga |
TO |
572 |
Tuvalu |
TV |
574 |
Vietnam |
VN |
576 |
Vanuatu |
VU |
577 |
Vanuatu |
VU |
578 |
Wallis Futuna Is |
WF |
601 |
South Africa |
ZA |
603 |
Angola |
AO |
605 |
Algeria |
DZ |
607 |
St Paul Amsterdam Is |
TF |
608 |
Ascension Is |
IO |
609 |
Burundi |
BI |
610 |
Benin |
BJ |
611 |
Botswana |
BW |
612 |
Cen Afr Rep |
CF |
613 |
Cameroon |
CM |
615 |
Congo |
CG |
616 |
Comoros |
KM |
617 |
Cape Verde |
CV |
618 |
Antarctica |
AQ |
619 |
Ivory Coast |
CI |
620 |
Comoros |
KM |
621 |
Djibouti |
DJ |
622 |
Egypt |
EG |
624 |
Ethiopia |
ET |
625 |
Eritrea |
ER |
626 |
Gabon |
GA |
627 |
Ghana |
GH |
629 |
Gambia |
GM |
630 |
Guinea-Bissau |
GW |
631 |
Equ. Guinea |
GQ |
632 |
Guinea |
GN |
633 |
Burkina Faso |
BF |
634 |
Kenya |
KE |
635 |
Antarctica |
AQ |
636 |
Liberia |
LR |
637 |
Liberia |
LR |
642 |
Libya |
LY |
644 |
Lesotho |
LS |
645 |
Mauritius |
MU |
647 |
Madagascar |
MG |
649 |
Mali |
ML |
650 |
Mozambique |
MZ |
654 |
Mauritania |
MR |
655 |
Malawi |
MW |
656 |
Niger |
NE |
657 |
Nigeria |
NG |
659 |
Namibia |
NA |
660 |
Reunion |
RE |
661 |
Rwanda |
RW |
662 |
Sudan |
SD |
663 |
Senegal |
SN |
664 |
Seychelles |
SC |
665 |
St Helena |
SH |
666 |
Somalia |
SO |
667 |
Sierra Leone |
SL |
668 |
Sao Tome Principe |
ST |
669 |
Swaziland |
SZ |
670 |
Chad |
TD |
671 |
Togo |
TG |
672 |
Tunisia |
TN |
674 |
Tanzania |
TZ |
675 |
Uganda |
UG |
676 |
DR Congo |
CD |
677 |
Tanzania |
TZ |
678 |
Zambia |
ZM |
679 |
Zimbabwe |
ZW |
701 |
Argentina |
AR |
710 |
Brazil |
BR |
720 |
Bolivia |
BO |
725 |
Chile |
CL |
730 |
Colombia |
CO |
735 |
Ecuador |
EC |
740 |
UK |
UK |
745 |
Guiana |
GF |
750 |
Guyana |
GY |
755 |
Paraguay |
PY |
760 |
Peru |
PE |
765 |
Suriname |
SR |
770 |
Uruguay |
UY |
775 |
Venezuela |
VE |