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23.12.2008: LRIT Conformance Testing and Panama flagged vessels. All Pole Star customers are reminded that the Panama Maritime Authority have decided not to extend the Authorised Testing ASP status of all current authorised testing organisations (see PMA Merchant Marine Circular No 195). Read more…

07.11.2008: Pole Star have been appointed as an LRIT Authorised Testing Application Service Provider for the UNITED KINGDOM Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Pole Star have over 50 governmental appointments for the testing of shipborne LRIT equipment.

20.10.2008: Radio Holland Group becomes a global distributor of Pole Star's LRIT Conformance Testing service. Pole Star is delighted to announce that the Radio Holland Group is to be a global distributor of Pole Star's LRIT (Long Range Identification and Tracking) Conformance Testing service. Read more ...

11.09.2008: Automated Amver. The Amver system was first put into place in 1958. Ships registered with the system provide a continuous update on their position, which is plotted into a central database. Read more ...

08.08.2008: Marshall Islands issues first LRIT certificates. The Marshall Islands flagged vessels M/T Port Louis, M/T Altius and M/V Port Melbourne, managed by International Tanker Management (ITM), have become the first vessels in the world to be officially issued with Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) Conformance Test Report Certification. Read more ...

06.08.2008: Pole Star issues the first LRIT Conformance Test Report Certification To Marshall Islands Flagged Vessels. Announced today, Marshall Islands flagged vessels M/T PORT LOUIS, M/T ALTIUS and M/V PORT MELBOURNE are the first vessels in the world to be officially issued Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) Conformance Test Report Certification following the successful shipborne equipment conformance testing of the vessels’ Inmarsat C equipment. All three vessels are managed by International Tanker Management (ITM). Read more ...

18.07.2008: Taking advantage of IT advances. Fifty years ago, Amver was launched with a very rudimentary computer able to provide a workable dead reckoning plot from the positions of vessels sent to the Center in New York by radio from vessels in the Atlantic, writes Michael Grey. Read more ...

05.05.2008: Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (Amver). The Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System is a computer-based voluntary global ship reporting system used worldwide by search and rescue authorities to arrange for assistance to persons in distress at sea. Read more ...

02.05.2008: Isle of Man Ship Registry Stands Alone for LRIT. The Isle of Man Government has signed a contract with Pole Star Space Applications Limited for the provision of a dedicated ‘National Data Centre’ for Long-Range Tracking and Identification, for vessels registered in the Isle of Man. Read more ...

23.04.2008: RCM and Pole Star launch Voyager. Pole Star has led the way in the provision of ship tracking and telematics systems to the shipping industry over the last decade. Read more ...

21.04.2008: MISC sign up for Pole Star’s Fleet Management service. MISC Bhd’s Fleet Management Services Division, managing a modern and diversified fleet of ships, has chosen the Pole Star FM Service as their preferred Global Fleet Tracking solution. Read more ...