11 Ship not transmitting due to outside failure of the LRIT system
Clasification Society 2024 - Version 9.40
Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1298 – Guidance on the Implementation of the LRIT System – (8 December 2008) - Annex – Guidance on the Implementation of the LRIT System - 11 Ship not transmitting due to outside failure of the LRIT system

11 Ship not transmitting due to outside failure of the LRIT system

  11.1 When the LRIT information transmitted by a ship cannot be received by those entitled to receive such information, for example a Contracting Government as a port State, due to a failure or a situation outside the control of the ship, for example:

  • .1 due to a failure of the CSP or the ASP or of the LRIT Data Centre; or

  • .2 because the Administration has not made the any necessary arrangements; or

  • .3 because the LRIT Data Centre to which the ship is transmitting LRIT information is declining to provide the requested LRIT information to the LRIT Data Centre it is requesting them due to their financial disputes,

in view of the fact that the failure or the situation is outside of the control of the ship, Contracting Governments should not impose sanctions on the ship because they are unable to receive LRIT information transmitted by the ship.

  11.2 As matters are beyond the control of the ship, no grounds arise for either delaying or detaining the ship pursuant to the provisions of regulations I/19 and V/16 as long as the Conformance test report and related radio certificate are valid. However, it is possible that a Contracting Government, unaware of the circumstances, might decide to impose control measures or steps pursuant to regulation XI-2/9. To avoid such action it would be advisable for the ship to notify the port State of the situation. However, for doing so the ship needs to be made aware of the failure of the system or the circumstances involved. Those causing the failure of the system or those involved in the prevailing situation should advise the ship accordingly if the duration of the failure is expected to exceed for example 6 hours and when the ship was being polled or is providing information on demand. Administrations should consider the issue and determine the maximum duration of such failure beyond which the ship would need to inform the Contracting Governments concerned.

  11.3 The question of imposition of any sanctions under the laws of the Administration is an internal issue for the Contracting Government concerned. However, it is expected that Administrations should show a reasonable understanding of the circumstances.

Parent topic: Annex – Guidance on the Implementation of the LRIT System
Copyright 2022 Clasifications Register Group Limited, International Maritime Organization, International Labour Organization or Maritime and Coastguard Agency. All rights reserved. Clasifications Register Group Limited, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as 'Clasifications Register'. Clasifications Register assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant Clasifications Register entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.