Flag Obligations

The appointed DC Administrator / ASP will undertake in general the following tasks; integration of ship equipment into the designated DC, initial terminal compliance testing and certification in conjunction with the Ship Operator (or nominated regulatory representatives), management of the DC, connection of the DC to the wider international LRIT network via the International Data Exchange (IDE), and coordination of Data Centre-to-Data Centre billing arrangements.

Different Flags may adopt slightly different LRIT implementation strategies. However, it is now certain that Inmarsat C will be specified as the main LRIT communication system of choice, as the majority of ships required to comply with the regulation are already fitted with compatible Inmarsat C GMDSS and Mini-C type SSAS systems. By adopting this strategy, no major hardware investment should be required on the part of the Ship Operator.

The Flag may request voluntary compliance in advance of the 31 December 2008 compliance date in order to fully test their DC (it is expected that DC's be integrated with the IDE by 1 July 2008).

Contact us to find out more
Flag Administrations: For more information please contact: flaginfo@lrit.com
Ship Owners: For more information please contact: shipinfo@lrit.com

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