IMO body authorizes EMSA to operate LRIT data exchange

摘要

Operation of the International Data Exchange (IDE) for the Long Range Identification and Tracking of Ships (LRIT) has been successfully transferred to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Lisbon, Portugal. At the 10th session of the Ad Hoc LRIT Group established by IMO (31 October to 3 November 2011), the LRIT Operational governance body, composed of the chairman of the Ad Hoc LRIT Group, an IDE representative and a representative of the IMO Secretariat, authorized the operation of the IDE by EMSA. The transfer of operations of the IDE to EMSA from its initial, interim operational base in the United States was satisfactorily completed on 18 October 2011 and the first message was routed via the EMSA IDE at 13.35 hours UTC on that day. The decision of the LRIT Operational governance body to authorize operation followed the satisfactory completion of integration testing and is subject to the final consideration and endorsement of by MSC 90 in May 2012.