ECDIS – Detection Area
3 mins
A valuable function of ECDIS is to continuously display position fixes and at the same time, monitor…
3 mins
Storm Navigation
3 mins
Finding the Quadrant – Northern Hemisphere Northern Hemisphere If the wind veers she is in the right…
Weather Routeing- Planning
4 mins
Weather routeing is the procedure of ensuring that the ship makes an ocean passage in the least…
ECDIS – Compilation Scale and Scale Minimum
7 mins
During passage planning the 2nd officer plans a passage apparently clear of visible dangers to navigation. (…
ECDIS – Contour Settings
11 mins
Traditional method of passage planning on paper chart: Using a draft of 14 mtr and applying a…
ECDIS (Safe or Risk to Navigation)
9 mins
Numerous groundings and near misses have occurred on ECDIS equipped ships that could have been avoided but…
Navigation Safe Practices (II)
52 mins
Safe practices in navigation are an important aspect of the overall safety of the ship. Perhaps more…
Navigation Safe Practices
40 mins
Collisions and groundings are a result of unsafe practices. Let look at the why collisions occur and…
Principles of Position Determination
39 mins
With the emergence of satellite position fixing systems, position determination at sea today has been reduced only…
Position Fixing
6 mins
POSITION FIXING Good navigational practice demands that the officer of the watch: ● Uses visual navigation aids…