Resolution MSC.275(85)

APPOINTMENT OF THE LRIT COORDINATOR

(adopted on 5 December 2008)

 

 

THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,

 

RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

 

RECALLING ALSO the provisions of regulation V/19-1 (Long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) of ships) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (the Convention) and, in particular, that, as from 31 December 2008, ships shall transmit, and Contracting Governments to the Convention (Contracting Governments) shall be able to receive, pursuant to the provisions of the regulation V/19-1 of the Convention (regulation), LRIT information,

 

BEARING IN MIND that regulation V/19-1 entered into force on 1 January 2008,

 

RECALLING FURTHER that regulation V/19-1.14 provides, inter alia, that the Committee shall determine the criteria, procedures and arrangements for the review and audit of the provision of LRIT information to Contracting Governments pursuant to the provisions of regulation V/19-1,

 

ALSO RECALLING that the Revised performance standards and functional requirements for the long-range identification and tracking of ships (the Revised performance standards) adopted by resolution MSC.263(84) provide in paragraph 14.1 that the LRIT Coordinator should be appointed by the Committee and in paragraph 14.4 that the functions of the LRIT Coordinator include, inter alia, the review of the performance of the LRIT system on an annual basis and the submission of related reports to the Committee,

 

NOTING that the International Mobile Satellite Organization has advised its willingness and readiness to assume the role of the LRIT Coordinator and to perform the functions and duties specified in paragraphs 14.2 to 14.5 of the Revised performance standards, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 14.6 to 14.7.3 of the Revised performance standards,

 

NOTING ALSO that the International Mobile Satellite Organization has also advised that it has put in place the necessary