---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 169.205"
title: "33"
number: "169.205"
heading: "What types of ships are required to transmit LRIT information (position reports)?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/169.205"
---

# §169.205. What types of ships are required to transmit LRIT information (position reports)?


The following ships, while engaged on an international voyage, are required to transmit position reports:

- (a) **A passenger ship, including high speed passenger craft.**
- (b) **A cargo ship, including high speed craft, of 300 gross tonnage or more.**
- (c) **A mobile offshore drilling unit while underway and not engaged in drilling operations.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: USCG-2005-22612, 73 FR 23319, Apr. 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70005, 70034, 70115, Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-1999-5525, 64 FR 29234, June 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted.