8.1 A Contracting Government may establish a National
LRIT Data Centre. A Contracting Government establishing such a centre
should provide relevant details to the Organization and thereafter
should, without undue delay, update the information provided as and
when changes occur.
8.2 A group of Contracting Governments may establish
either a Regional or a Cooperative LRIT Data Centre. The arrangements
for establishing such a centre should be agreed amongst the Contracting
Governments concerned. One of the Contracting Governments establishing
such a centre should provide relevant details to the Organization
and thereafter should, without undue delay, update the information
provided as and when changes occur.
8.3 Upon request, National, Regional and Cooperative
LRIT Data Centres may provide services to Contracting Governments
other than those establishing the centre.
8.3.1 The arrangements for providing services
should be agreed between the LRIT Data Centre and the Contracting
Government requesting the provision of the services.
8.3.2 The Contracting Government establishing
the National LRIT Data Centre or one of the Contracting Governments
establishing the Regional or Cooperative LRIT Data Centre should,
if the centre provides services to Contracting Governments other than
those which established the centre, provide relevant details to the
Organization and thereafter should, without undue delay, update the
information provided as and when changes occur.
8.4 National, Regional and Cooperative LRIT Data
Centres may also serve as a National, Regional or Cooperative Vessel
Monitoring System (VMS) and may require, as VMS, the transmission
from ships of additional information, or of information at different
intervals, or of information from ships which are not required to
transmit LRIT information. VMSs may also perform other functions.
8.4.1 If a National, Regional or Cooperative LRIT
Data Centre collects additional information from ships, it should
transmit only the required LRIT information to the other LRIT Data
Centres through the International LRIT Data Exchange.