Press Release: EMSA takes over the LRIT-IDE, ensuring ship position information flows between data centres worldwide as part of the LRIT system

The Long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) system enables maritime authorities to keep a constant eye on the position of ships that form a part of their country’s fleet. On 18 October 2011, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) became the operator of the LRIT‐International Data Exchange, or ‘LRIT‐IDE’, the central node which acts as a ‘switchboard’ to manage the flow of LRIT information between various LRIT Data Centres around the world.