Locate the relevant vessel from the list > Check “Select Transceiver” > Press “NEXT”.
Click the Home tab > Manage Test > Start Test.
Login to your Purplefinder LRIT account (.
(Note: For customers with credit terms, the test credit will be added to your account directly after the order has been raised).
Pole Star will send an invoice for the LRIT conformance test to the email stated on your purchase request – please process payment accordingly.
(Home > Registrations > Register Transceivers).
Log into your Pole Star LRIT account here and click on ‘Register Transceiver’, completing all fields as required.
This email will need to include: vessel name, flag, IMO number and an email address you wish us to issue an invoice to.
Place an order for your LRIT test credit by sending a purchase request to or depending on your location.
To conduct an LRIT Test (for Inmarsat C): Pole Star’s LRIT Conformance system manages all aspects of the test, including terminal commissioning, satellite communications network management, post-test de-commissioning, and provides detailed test results and conformance test certificates (if required).
Cargo ships, including high-speed vessels of 300 gross tonnage and above.
Passenger ships, including high-speed vessels.
The vessels registered to those contracting governments must, therefore, ensure that they report their vessel location to the flag administration at least four times a day, and have the necessary hardware installed to contribute that information.Īll ships registered to the contracting governments of the SOLAS convention engaged on international voyages and fulfilling one of the following criteria: By using vessel information and position data from ships registered to IMO member states that are subject to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ( SOLAS), the system allows the essential sharing of maritime security information between contracting governments. The Long-Range Identification and Tracking ( LRIT) system was established in 2006 and formally incorporated by the International Maritime Organisation ( IMO) in 2008, for the global identification and tracking of ships.