All the ship operator has to do is provide shipborne equipment which complies with the LRIT regulation, have it conformance tested and obtain a test certificate.
To ensure that all ships LRIT terminals actually work in January 2009, every terminal allocated for LRIT must undergo a LRIT Conformance Testing (LRIT-CT). The testing programme will give ship operators time to replace or upgrade any equipment that fails the test. All shipborne LRIT equipment must be tested and certified by a Recognized Testing ASP or an Authorized Testing ASP appointed by your Flag. In China, the flag state is China Maritime Safety Administration. China Transportation & Telecommunication Centre is the authorized Testing ASP in China.
Authorized Testing ASPs will also, on behalf of the Flag, be able to issue Conformance Test Reports (Test Certificates) for terminals that pass the test. Test Certificates for LRIT terminals will be required for radio surveys and inspection from 31 December 2008. You should arrange to test your equipment as soon as possible.
1LRIT Conformance Test Range
All ship holders of mainland China and Hong Kong's flag need to go to China's transportation, communications center which is authorized by China Maritime Safety Administration for ship-borne equipment LRIT compliance testing(Ensure that the vessel is in the Pacific Ocean or the Indian Ocean; otherwise, the test cannot be completed). In addition, the authorized by the government of Panama, the Bahamas, Malta and other countries are in handling.
2LRIT equipment
Inmarsat C, which includes mini-C, will be the primary system used for LRIT as it is a reliable, proven system and the majority of ships required to comply with the regulation are already fitted with LRIT compatible Inmarsat C GMDSS or mini-C equipment. Therefore, most owners will not have to invest in new equipment which was one of the IMO goals when designing the LRIT regulation.
Currently the only system and equipment type which satisfies all the conformance requirements of the LRIT regulation is Inmarsat C/mini-C. Ship operators should not fit any type of equipment for LRIT compliance other than Inmarsat C/mini-C, and should be guided only by their Flag and by their Flag Authorized Testing ASP on suitable equipment.
Other systems will be developed for LRIT reporting in the future, e.g. a system using low earth orbit satellites will be required for Sea Area A4 coverage.Notice：(NOT Suitability Of Existing Equipment For LRIT)
If the equipment cannot satisfy requirement，pre-configured LRIT terminals will be providing by China Transportation & Telecommunication Centre.(Notice：
TT-3000LRIT terminal)
3LRIT shipborne equipment performance test
China Transportation & Telecommunication Centre operate the shipborne equipment performance test which including: shipborne equipment register, satellite communication manage, conformance test report, certificate. The test starts from October 2008.
Account Information Note：
China Transport InfoJet Technologies Co., Ltd is China Transportation & Telecommunication Center owned unit, the specific implementation of China Transportation & Telecommunication Center LRIT business.
In order to complete the LRIT Euqipment Conformence Test smoothly, Please prepare the following information in advance：
4Ship Information：
5Terminal Information：
6About the Certificate
LRIT Shipboard Equipment Conformance Test in line with the main contents of the IMO requirements, the relevant provisions has been adjusted on the meeting of the Group of Experts (Oct.24, 2008 in London). It will be discussed and approved in meeting MSC85 (November 26, 2008 to December 5,208). As a result, the certification will be available on December 10, 2008.
Notice： The Conformance test report should be considered as no longer remaining valid if:
1 there is a change in the shipborne equipment used to transmit LRIT information;
2 the ship is transferred to the flag of another Contracting Government;
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