The SOLAS regulation V/19-1 Long Range Identification and Tracking of Ships (LRIT) is applied to ships on or after 1 January 2009. This Technical information is intended to provide requirements in respect to an implementation of LRIT shipborne equipment.

1. Application ships
New amendment shall be applied to the following types of ships engaged on international voyages:
(1) Cargo ships, including high-speed craft, of 300GT and upwards;
(2) Passenger ships, including high-speed passenger craft; and
(3) Self propelled mobile offshore drilling units, not on location.
2. Application date
Ships shall be fitted with a system to automatically transmit LRIT information as follows:
(1) ships constructed on or after 31 December 2008: on the date of completion;
(2) ships constructed before 31 December 2008 and certified for operations in sea areas A1 and A2, and sea areas A1, A2 and A3: not later than the first survey of the radio installation after 31 December 2008;
(3) ships constructed before 31 December 2008 and certified for operations in sea areas A1, A2, A3 and A4: not later than the first survey of the radio installation after 1 July 2009. However, these ships shall comply with the provisions of subparagraph (2) above whilst they operate within sea areas A1, A2 and A3; and
(4) ships, irrespective of the date of construction, fitted with an AIS, and operated exclusively within sea area A1 shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this regulation.
3. LRIT information
(1) Reports to be transmitted from the shipborne equipment:
(i) Pre-scheduled position reports: (Pre-scheduled position reports means transmission of LRIT information at the preset transmit interval.);
(ii) On-demand position reports: (On-demand report means transmission of LRIT information as a result of either receipt of polling command or of remote configuration of the equipment so as to transmit at interval other than the preset ones.);



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