(May 30, 2008) IMO has moved forward with plans for the implementation of long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) systems, following the latest meeting of its Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) in London for its 84th session.
The MSC made a number of decisions to ensure the timely implementation of the LRIT system, with the LRIT system intended to be operational with respect to the transmission of LRIT information by ships from 30 December 2008.
A resolution on the Establishment of the International LRIT Data Exchange on an interim basis was adopted, confirming that the International LRIT Data Exchange will be provided temporarily by the United States at their own expense, and that a permanent solution should be found "as soon as possible".
The MSC also endorsed a financial model based on the 'user pays' principle, agreeing that charges for the provision of LRIT information for the search and rescue of persons in distress at sea should, in all cases, be free of charge to the search and rescue service of the Contracting Government requesting such information.
The International Maritime Satellite Organisation (IMSO), acting as LRIT Co-ordinator, will authorise the integration, on an interim basis, of the Data Centres that have undergone and satisfactorily completed developmental testing, into the production LRIT system.
The ad hoc LRIT Group was authorised to consider and adopt amendments to technical specifications for the LRIT system on behalf of the Committee, during the period between MSC 84 and MSC 85 (meeting November-December 2008), and to develop, agree and adopt, the documentation for the testing and integration of the LRIT system.
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