IMO and the Transport Authority of the Maldives are running a national seminar (1-2 September) on Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) in Male, Maldives. Opening the seminar, the Maldives Minister of Defence and National Security, Colonel (Retired) Mohamed Nazim, stated his country’s intention to join the LRIT system. SOLAS regulation V/19-1 establishes the obligation of certain ships to transmit LRIT information and the rights, duties and obligations of Contracting Governments and of search and rescue services with regard to LRIT.