International Standard IEC 62729 specifies the performance requirements and methods of testing for shipborne equipment for use for long-range identification and tracking (LRIT).
Long-range identification and tracking of ships is a requirement of regulation V/19-1 of SOLAS 1974 as amended. An introduction to the system is given in Annex A. The standard results from observations made at the IMO meeting of MSC 88 in November 2010 that some LRIT equipment in practice was not operating in accordance with the provisions of SOLAS and the IMO performance standards. The standard takes account of the general requirements given in IMO resolution A.694(17) and is associated with IEC 60945. When a requirement in this International Standard is different from IEC 60945, the requirement in this standard takes precedence.