Tag: LRIT System

The Liberia Maritime Authority has published a Marine Advisory to inform interested parties of revised requirements for Liberian flag ships to transmit Long Range Tracking and Identification (LRIT) information.

The Marshall Islands issued a marine notice which provides clarification on the requirements for Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT), with which Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI)-flagged ships must comply.

Intellian Technologies and Inmarsat Maritime have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a GMDSS safety terminal, designed for operation over Inmarsat’s ELERA L-band network.

The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), at its 106th session in November 2022, approved the circular SC.1/Circ.1307/Rev.1 with a view to providing amendments to the Guidance on the survey and certification of compliance of ships with the requirement to transmit LRIT information.

The European Commission accepted Georgia's request to join the EU LRIT Cooperative Data Centre. Georgia's application was made in November 2017 and was accepted in March 2019, as the country meets all the criteria needed.

The European Commission has accepted Tunisia’s request to become part of the EU LRIT Cooperative Data Centre. The application was made in September 2017, and EU decided that it meets the criteria needed. EU LRIT CDC identifies and tracks EU flagged vessels globally and integrates them into the wider international Long LRIT system.  

NAVCEN, in collaboration with the Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, developed a program to identify vessels that have not reported their Long Range Identification and Tracking status and are not in compliance with 33 CFR §169.230. Once notified, the USCG will enforce the LRIT reporting requirement.

Indonesia optimizes use of LRIT system

EMSA explains Long Range Identification and Tracking The long range identification and tracking (LRIT) system for ships aims to enhance security for government authorities. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has produced a leaflet in order to understand LRIT and its potential benefits for maritime safety, marine environment protection, as well as search and rescue operations.Thelong-range identification and tracking(LRIT) of ships was established as an international system on 19 May 2006 by theInternational Maritime Organization (IMO) as resolution MSC.202(81).This resolution amends chapter V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), regulation 19-1 and binds all governments which have contracted to the IMO. The LRIT regulation will apply to the following ship types engaged on international voyages:All passenger ships including high-speed craft,Cargo ships, including high-speed craft of 300 gross tonnage and above, andMobile offshore drilling units.(Source: Wikipedia)International LRIT SystemLRIT provides ship identity and current location information in sufficient time for a government to evaluate the security risk posed by a ship off its coast and to respond to reduce the risk if necessary.An active and accurate long range identification and tracking system also has potential benefits in terms of maritime safety, marine environment protection, and maritime ...

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