Two craft using same MMSI number.

[Pagetslady]

Hi I have just put my boat name into it as well and came up with nothing, I also tried my call sign still not there I have my mmsi number on the boat but not there day, I have had my licence and mmsi for as long as they have been available.
mike

 

[Stork_III]

Hi I have just put my boat name into it as well and came up with nothing, I also tried my call sign still not there I have my mmsi number on the boat but not there day, I have had my licence and mmsi for as long as they have been available.
mike

If you are Mr Paget-Tomlinson, look here http://www.itu.int/online/mms/mars/ship_detail.sh?lang=en&1818481&PAGET'S+LADY Did you forget the apostophe.

If not mind your own business.

 

[blush2]

Out of curiosity I put my details into http://www.itu.int/online/mms/mars/ship_search.sh and I'm not there!

I put the boat name and call sign in and it wasn't there, but when I put in the name only all the details came up - something a bit odd going on?

 

[haydude]

They are remaining with the boat - "previous owner gave me the MMSI number together with the call sign". And I have found that the previous license doesn't need to be cancelled when you buy a boat - I took out a license for the new boat before we actually took possession (no particular reason, just keen ) and not having access to the radio I found out the MMSI by looking it up on Mars and checking the owner name matched the seller. That presumably shows there was an existing license still in force; I registered mine and soon afterwards the details in Mars had changed. Where it's the same boat, it seems they just overwrite the details.

First thing I would be doing is looking up your MMSI number in Mars ( http://www.itu.int/online/mms/mars/ship_search.sh ) and seeing what comes out. Try your boat name as well.

Pete

Perhaps the fact that you applied for license BEFORE the previous owner cancelled his has caused the problem.
The process is: seller communicates ofcom that boat is sold and provides new owner's details, of com sends message to new owner to confirm and take over license and MMSI. You applied for new license instead, so old MMSI is reassigned.

 

[prv]

Perhaps the fact that you applied for license BEFORE the previous owner cancelled his has caused the problem.

What problem? Everything is fine on my boat, I have a license, an MMSI not shared with anybody else, and Mars shows the correct details.

The process is: seller communicates ofcom that boat is sold and provides new owner's details, of com sends message to new owner to confirm and take over license and MMSI. You applied for new license instead, so old MMSI is reassigned.

Well, the seller didn't do any of that. He should have cancelled his license, which he hadn't done when I applied for mine but may have done since. As far as I'm aware that's the only thing he needs to do. You don't transfer an existing license, you "surrender" the old one and apply for a new one. When you fill in the form for the new license, you say what the boat's existing MMSI and callsign are, if any, and they are used for the new license. This is how it has worked for me for two boats now, with no apparent problems.

Pete

 

[ithet]

Sneaky Pete, perhaps this is obvious but could the previous owner have given you the wrong number? I would suggest checking the code on radio itself.