Port State Control Procedures Related to LRIT
摘要
This chapter is intended to provide basic guidance to Port State Control Officers to verify compliance with the requirements of SOLAS 1974 for Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT). LRIT equipment is required by the provisions of SOLAS 1974 regulation V/19-1, and the Revised performance standards and functional requirements for the Long-Range Identification and Tracking of Ships (resolution MSC.263(84)), as amended, and requires all passenger vessels, cargo vessels (including high-speed craft) over 300 gross tonnage and mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) to send LRIT position information at least every six hours.