• Resolution MSC.202(81)
• Resolution MSC.210(81)
• Resolution MSC.211(81)

• The Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT)
• Regulation will enter into force on 31 December 2008 and will apply to the following ships engaged on international voyages:

. All passenger ships including high speed craft.
. Cargo ships including high speed craft of 300 gross tonnage and above.
. Mobile offshore drilling units.

• Ships operating exclusively in coastal Sea Area A1 fitted with an AIS will be exempt
• Ships operating into near-coastal Sea Area A2 which are not fitted with Inmarsat C GMDSS will be required to fit a dedicated LRIT terminal
• Ships operating into polar Sea Area A4 above 70 degrees Latitude will require a dedicated LRIT terminal that operates in conjunction with an approved low-earth orbit communication service provider

• Ships LRIT equipment must be able to be configured to transmit the following information, in an automatically generated position report (APR), as a minimum:
  

  . The identity of the ship
  . The position of the ship
  . The date and time of the position

• In addition, ships LRIT equipment must be able to respond to poll requests for an on-demand position report.
  
  . Be able immediately to respond to instructions to modify the APR interval to a frequency of up to one every 15 minutes.
  . APRs will be transmitted as a minimum 4 times per day to a National Data Centre or to a Cooperative or Regional system nominated by the “Flag”.

• A Flag must select a Data Centre (DC) for its vessels to report into, from:
  
  . National
  . Regional
  . Cooperative
  . Or default to the International system – MSC 84?

• Flags may adopt slightly different LRIT implementation strategies on account of contracting different ASP’s. However, it is now certain that Inmarsat C will be specified as the main LRIT communication system of choice by the Flag in conjunction with the ASP.
• As the majority of ships required to comply with the regulation are already fitted with compatible Inmarsat C systems,  no major hardware investment should be required on the part of the shipowner.
• All equipment should be of a type approved by the Administration.
• If you want to know whether you need new equipment or your existing equipment is compliant, PoleStar’s Compliance Test can give you the definitive answer.

IS YOUR EQUIPMENT COMPLIANT

In order to have a compliance test conducted ands obtain a LRIT test certificate, you have to apply to a Test ASP that is approved by your flag.

• If you want to know whether your existing Inmarsat C equipment is compliant.
• You will get the definitive answer with PoleStar LRIT Compliance Test. If compliant, we will provide you a Compliance test report for your Flag.
• You can also us e the Thrane&Thrane control test to get an idea if your existing Inmarsat C will fail a LRIT conformance test.

For further information contact:
info@mobilkom.com.tr

IS YOUR EQUIPMENT COMPLIANT

• If you want to know ehether your existing Inmarsat C equipmernt is compliant.
• You will get the definitive answer with PoleStar LRIT Compliance Test. If compliant,we will provide you a Compliance test report for your Flag.
• If your equipment is not compliant we can quote acompliant terminsal based on your needs.
• IMO, requires a compliance test to be conducted by the end of March 2008
  For further information contact:
  info@mobilkom.com.tr

Thrane and Thrane has announced the availability of the pretest (control test) for its Sailor and ThraneThrane Inmarsat C equipment.

• The test is intended to be for information purposes only.
• If your equipment fails this test it will fail the LRIT Conformity test of your flag and you will need to purchase new equipment prior to the conformity test.
• If your equipment passes the test, it still does not guarantee that it will pass the Conformity test of your flag.
• Conformity test of your flag has to be conducted in any case to obtain your Flag’s LRIT certificate.
• Running this test can save you from conducting unnecessary Conformity tests on equipment that will not conform.
• The Thrane& Thrane control tests will start on July 1. 2008, Mobilkom has started accepting preliminary applications already.

To use Thrane& Thrane control testplease contact us at
info@mobilkom.com.tr