Inching towards the goal

摘要

While the key decisions emanating from the International Maritime Organization's October session of the Maritime Safety Committee, in Copenhagen, may have related to the implementation of the Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) System, progress was also made on matters related to regulating ship construction.rnThe MSC accepted the contingency offer of the United States to host, build, and operate, on an interim and temporary basis, the International LRIT Data Exchange (IDE), agreeing that a permanent home should be found for the IDE as soon as possible (within two years from 1 January 2008, subject to a further review by the Committee).