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The introduction of the Long Range Identication and Tracking (LRIT) amendment
to SOLAS V/19 requires all operators of ships engaged on international voyages,
including passenger ships, cargo ships of 300 gross tonnage and above, and Mobile
Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) to provide tested and certied shipborne equipment
for the transmission of LRIT information. For full details see www.lrit.com.
IRIDIUM LRIT CONFORMANCE TESTING
What do I have to do?
Compliance with LRIT is important. Some governments
have indicated that they may not grant entry to their
territorial waters, or to their ports, for ships that do not
comply with LRIT.
For vessels operating in Sea Area A4, Iridium LRIT
solutions are the only LRIT-compliant option currently
available.
Ship operators are required to provide shipborne
equipment which complies with the LRIT regulation,
pass a conformance test and obtain a Conformance
Test Report (CTR). All shipborne LRIT equipment
must be tested and certied by an Authorised Testing
Application Service Provider (ASP) appointed by your
Flag. Authorised Testing ASPs will also, on behalf of
most Flags, be able to issue CTRs for transceivers that
pass the test.
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Five simple steps to testing
Buy test codes from us
which allows you to access
our online Iridium testing
system.
Ensure the transceiver can
be conformance tested, by
referring to the hardware
suitability list www.lrit.com/
hardware_suitability.html
Enter your Iridium transceiver
details into our online user
interface and initiate the test.
Results are automatically
emailed to you, with clear
and helpful advice about
what to do if your terminal
failed the test.
If we certify for your Flag,
complete and send your
Pole Star order form (www.
lrit.com/testing_asp.html)
Why test with Pole Star?
We understand the LRIT system and what is required.
We attend and contribute to the relevant IMO COMSAR,
NAV, MSC, Engineering and Working Group meetings.
We work with all the major satellite equipment
manufacturers, communications service providers,
land earth station operators, Iridium and other satellite
communication network providers to ensure that the
LRIT system works end-to-end. Pole Star is an LRIT
Data Centre Administrator and an Authorised Testing
ASP for over 90 Flags. See www.lrit.com for the latest
information.
Pole Star’s system manages all aspects of the
test, including: terminal commissioning, satellite
communications network management, post-test
decommissioning, production of a detailed test
result and provision of a Conformance Test Report
if required. Testing of shipborne Inmarsat C equipment
began in July 2008 and we have conducted over
25,000 tests since then.
Our technical capability is backed up by a professional,
multilingual customer support team with ofces in both
Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Ship operators
who test their LRIT transceivers with Pole Star will
also be offered a free trial of our commercial Fleet
Management product.
Why test now?
The vessel shows its compliance with the regulation
by having onboard a valid CTR, issued on behalf of
their Flag, in accordance with the provisions of MSC.1/
Circ.1307 on Guidance on the survey and certication
of compliance of ships with the requirement to
transmit LRIT information.
A vessel must show compliance by the date of its rst
survey after 31 December 2008 or at change of Flag
(considered the rst survey after 31 December 2008).
Although a number of Flag States have yet to
implement their operational LRIT Data Centre as
required by Regulation V/19-1, in order to prevent Port
State Controls from penalising ships of these Flags,
the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee has approved
transitional arrangements for the compliance of
vessels.
This means that as long as the vessel has complied
with its LRIT obligation (provided a tested and certied
transceiver in advance of the radio survey date) within
the deadline, it cannot be sanctioned for matters
outside its control. With this in mind, ship operators
are advised to test their transceivers in good time.
Iridium
The ship operator’s obligation under the LRIT regulation is to
ensure provision of compliant equipment to transmit the identity
of the ship, the position and date and time of the position to
the Data Centre nominated by the Flag Administration / Ship
Registry. In addition, the transceiver must be able to respond
to polling for an on-demand position report and be able to
immediately respond to instructions to modify the automatic
reporting interval to a frequency of a maximum of once every
15 minutes. Automatic Position Reports will be transmitted at a
minimum four times per day to your Flag’s National Data Centre.
LRIT system architecture
How to test
We provide a secure web-based system where ship
operators can initiate tests at their convenience
and review the progress and status of their tests.
The system provides error messages and suggests
corrective action on failed equipment.
Once you have gathered the required vessel and
equipment information, our intuitive application allows
you to enter your vessel details swiftly and initiate your
test. The results will be emailed to you as soon as the
test is complete.
User will receive test codes upon
receipt of payment. The interface
allows the user to check the progress
of a test, as well as the test results.
London +44 20 7313 7400
Boston +1 617 800 9367
Hong Kong +852 2520 0951
Panama +507 301 5748
Singapore +65 6818 6234
Sydney +61 2 4221 5284
lrittesting@polestarglobal.com
issued by Pole Star Space Applications Limited
on behalf of THE GOVERNMENT OF
Name of ship
Port of registry
Distinctive number or letters
IMO Number
Maritime Mobile Service Identity
Gross tonnage
Sea areas in which the ship is certied to operate
Sea areas for which this report is valid
Application Service Provider conducting the test
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the shipborne equipment designated to transmit LRIT information and specied below:
1. has been found to meet the requirement of the provision of regulations V/19-1.6 and V/19-1.7 and of the Revised performance
standards and functional requirements for the long-range identication and tracking of ships adopted by resolution MSC.263(84)
and:
.1 is of a type approved by the Administration in accordance with the provisions of regulation V/19-1;
.2 is of a type approved by the Administration in accordance with the provisions of regulation IV/14;
.3 has been certied by the Administration as meeting the requirements of IEC 60945 (2002-08) and IEC
60945 Corr.1 (2008-04) on Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems –
General requirements – Methods of testing and required test results;
.4 has been certied by the Administration as complying with the provisions of regulation XI-2/6;
and of resolution MSC.136(76) on Performance standards for a ship security alert system*/resolution
MSC.147(77) on Adoption of the Revised performance standards for a ship security alert system*;
(* Delete as appropriate.)
2. has undergone conformance testing in accordance with the procedures and provisions set out in MSC.1/Circ.1307,
and has shown that it can operate within the tolerances of the acceptance criteria stated in the aforesaid circular.
The conformance test was satisfactorily completed on
Details of the shipborne equipment used to transmit LRIT information:
(e.g., make, model, serial number and shipborne equipment identifier)
Issued in London, United Kingdom on
CONFORMANCE TEST REPORT
issued under the provisions of MSC.1/Circ.1307 on Guidance on the survey and certication
of compliance of ships with the requirement to transmit LRIT information
No:
VOID
Y e s No
Y e s No
Y e s No
Y e s No
Copyright © Pole Star, all rights reserved. LRIT-CT-Iridium-Overview Valid as of 08.02.2012
How do I get a certicate?
Pole Star can issue LRIT Conformance Test Reports
(CTRs) on behalf of most Flags. Your LRIT CTRs will
be dispatched as a scan by email, and as a hard copy
by courier within 3 days of receipt of payment. Please
refer to www.lrit.com/testing_asp.html to nd the
latest list of Flags we certify for.
If your Flag is issuing CTRs, Pole Star will forward all
successful test results directly to your Flag.
What should I do if my equipment fails
the test?
In the event that your shipborne equipment fails
the LRIT conformance test, please refer to your
hardware supplier/manufacturer. If you require
replacement Iridium LRIT equipment, Pole Star
would like to recommend the BlueTraker®LRIT
device, manufactured by E.M.A as a cost-effective
Iridium LRIT compliance solution.
Information on survey and certication
It is important to note that an existing ship safety radio
certicate does not confer LRIT compliance on the ship.
MSC.1/Circ.1307 regarding Guidance on the survey and
certication of compliance of ships with requirement to
transmit LRIT information states that compliance of the
shipborne equipment with the regulation should be
demonstrated by the equipment being:
1. of a type approved by the Administration in accordance
with the provisions of regulation V/19-1 and section 4
of the revised performance standards; or
2. certied by the Administration as meeting the
requirements of regulation IV/14 and satisfactorily
completing a conformance test; or
3. certied by the Administration as meeting the
requirements of IEC 60945 (2002-08) and IEC 60945
Corr.1 (2008-04) on Maritime navigation and
radiocommunications equipment and systems – General
Requirements – Methods of testing and required test
results and satisfactorily completing a conformance test.
ANNEX – CONFORMANCE TEST RESULTS AS PER TABLE 2 OF APPENDIX 1 MSC.1/CIRC.1307
CTN Test requirement Results
EL1 The equipment is activated into the ASP system Pass
1Establish the sea areas the ship is certied to operate from the Cargo Ship Safety
Radio Certicate, Cargo Ship Safety Certicate, Passenger Ship Safety Certicate or equivalent Pass
2 The equipment automatically transmits an LRIT information Pass
3 The equipment identity is present in the received LRIT information Pass
4a The latitude and longitude is present in the received LRIT information Pass
4b The equipment GNSS position information is based upon the WGS84 datum Pass
5a The date and time is present in the received LRIT information Pass
5b The equipment date and time information is in UTC Pass
5c The equipment transmits a Time Stamp relative to when the position was generated
(not the CSP receipt time) Pass
6 The equipment is of a type approved by the Administration Pass
7 The equipment is switched off on board or ceases the distribution of LRIT information Pass
8The equipment is compliant with provisions of resolution A.694(17). The equipment has been
tested for electromagnetic compatibility (refer to resolution A.813(19)) Pass
9a The equipment is re-congured to automatically transmit LRIT information at 15 minute intervals Pass
9b The equipment is re-congured to automatically transmit LRIT information at 60 minute
intervals demonstrating that a change in transmitting interval has been successfully achieved Pass
9c The equipment automatically transmits a LRIT information at 6 hour intervals Pass
9d The equipment is re-congured to automatically transmit LRIT information at 24 hour intervals Pass
9e LRIT information is available within 15 minutes of the time it is transmitted by the ship Pass
10
The equipment transmits LRIT information (subsequent to the ASP issuing a poll command)
and the LRIT information is available within 30 minutes of the time the ASP has requested
the information
Pass
11 The equipment interfaces directly to the shipborne global navigation satellite system
equipment, or has internal positioning capability Pass
12 The equipment is supplied with energy from the main and emergency source of electrical
power (this provision does not apply to Inmarsat-C) Pass
13 The equipment automatically transmits LRIT information via the CSP to the ASP in a reliable
and secure manner Pass
EL2 The equipment is de-activated and released from the LRIT system Pass
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