RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
HAVING adopted amendments to the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (the Convention) relating
to the long-range identification and tracking of ships (SOLAS regulation V/19-1) which, upon acceptance
on 1 July 2007, will enter into force on 1 January 2008,
HAVING ALSO adopted Performance standards and functional
requirements for the long-range identification and tracking of ships
(the Performance standards),
ALSO HAVING agreed with the establishment of ad hoc Working
Group on engineering aspects of LRIT,
RECOGNIZING the need to put in place arrangements with a
view to ensuring the prompt establishment of the International LRIT
Data Centre and of the International LRIT Data Exchange as well as
the need for testing and confirming the function of the LRIT system
as envisaged in the LRIT architecture,
1. INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention
(Contracting Governments) to advise the Committee, at its eighty-second
session, of their firm intentions in relation to the establishment
of National, Regional and Co-operative LRIT Data Centre(s);
2. INVITES ALSO Contracting Governments to submit
proposals on the issues which need to be addressed in relation to
the establishment of the International LRIT Data Centre and of the
International LRIT Data Exchange or on any other issues relating to
the establishment, operation, performance review and audit of the
LRIT system for consideration by the Committee at its eighty-second
session;
3. AGREES that, at its eighty-second session,
the Committee will make the necessary decisions in order to initiate
the process for consideration, at its eighty-third session, of the
proposals relating to the establishment of the International LRIT
Data Centre and of the International LRIT Data Exchange;
4. ALSO AGREES that, at its eighty-second session,
the Committee will make the necessary decisions in relation to the
assignment of the performance of the functions of the LRIT Co-ordinator;
5. URGES Contracting Governments to promptly put
in place the necessary arrangements:
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.1 so as to be able to submit to:
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.1 the Organization, the information required
by SOLAS regulation V/19-1 and
those needed for the establishment of the LRIT Data Distribution Plan
not later than 1 January 2008; and
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.2 the LRIT Data Centre they would be selecting,
the information specified in the Performance standards not later than
1 July 2008;
and to update such information as and
when changes occur;
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.2 for the smooth integration of the ships entitled
to fly their flag into the LRIT system;
6. ALSO INVITES Contracting Government to urge
ships entitled to fly their flag to participate in trials and testing
of the LRIT system;
7. AGREES ALSO that International LRIT Data Centre
and the International LRIT Data Exchange should commence trials and
testing of the LRIT system not later than the 1 July 2008;
8. AGREES FURTHER that LRIT Data Centres, other
than the International LRIT Data Centre, should be in a position to
commence the integration of ships into the LRIT system as soon as
possible after 1 July 2008 and, preferably, not later than 1 October
2008;
9. REQUESTS the Secretariat to provide information
for consideration by the Committee, at its eighty-second session,
on the arrangements for the establishment and maintenance of the LRIT
Data Distribution Plan so as to enable Contracting Governments to
commence populating the plan with data as from 1 January 2008;
10. FURTHER RECOMMENDS that Contracting Governments
to take early appropriate actions to ensure that all necessary infrastructures
are in place, timely, for the establishment of the LRIT system;
11. ALSO URGES Contracting Governments, in consultation
with the industry, to seek, if feasible, to implement the provisions
of SOLAS regulation V/19-1 before
the dates its provision are envisaged to become effective;
12. DECIDES to review, in the light of the developments,
the aforesaid arrangements and to amend them as necessary.