*** ELECTRONIC CHART DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (ECDIS)*** 1. TSM policies and procedres ! a scr"in# o$ %&a" is in "&e HSSE' on "&is Thome policy is very clear on this matter/as described in OMD …and …and new ECDIS chapter that is being prepared along with a fll revision or ECDIS procedres in order to cover all failres and ensre vessel meet the !I" and best indstry re#irement. The revision will also consider consider the enhancing enhancing of or E#ipment specific specific training for vessel fitted with the ECDIS as a primary means of $avigation to ensre all officer even thogh have attended the ECDIS I%& %odel corse 1.'( and the Seagll C)T complete the manfactrers corse. Effective 1 *an '+1+ all Dec, officer in the Thome -leet have to ndergo the ECDIS I%& %odel corse 1.'( as this this has now been made made a Thome re#ired corse corse prior to 0oining irrespective whether whether the vessel fitted with with ECDIS or not. 2ll vessels fitted with ECDIS as a primary means of navigation have been alerted of any observations related to ECDIS and review/briefing/training is being carried ot. 2lsothe manfactrers based training training has been condcted on board3as described below4. &nce feedbac, received the training will be arranged for those who have not attended sch corses.
2. Our compliance, e.g. that deck ofcers have indeed gotten type specic ECDIS training beore signing on to vessels !ith ECDIS " even i secondary means o navigation#
Please see Chapter $. .below
%. DETAILED RISK ASSESSMENT WHICH COVERS ALL THE AREAS OF THE VIQ AS STATED UNDER 4.4 ! 4.2". IS REQUIRED#PREPARED $% THE VESSEL&S MASTER#OFFICER 5.2.2ttached/and 5.2.2ttached/and saved in T+Marine,rop+ECDIS+Marin-es".ECDIS)
&. Summary Summary o comments comments rom the the 'asters 'asters ( 'arinvest 'arinvest )leet O* +O +O -+E )O//O -+E 0I1 2.32 4 2.56. 7E187IE'E*- O* &O%7D -+E 0ESSE/ 0ESSE/ 9 To comply with !I" re#irements onboard the vessel the following is carried ot6 •
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Ensre that ECDIS training corse is provided to all dec, officers. Dec, officers who navigate sing an ECDIS mst be re#ired to have passed the corse 7 mst be properly certified. %aster edcates him self in how to navigate sing the software program 7 ensre that in his own mind the ship is safe and able to flfill the charter agreement. There is no e8cse e8cse nor the e8emption. 9ands on e8perience to all &&:. 2n efficient ser is one who can set p the display for ma8imm ma8imm effect dependent pon the operation operation at hand. hand. This ,nowledge certainly develops with e8perience both of the tas, and of different
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systems by familiari;ing with the fnctions as long as nothing goes too far wrong. Simlate rnning of passage prior to the vessel?C re#irements. $avigating officers are briefed not to become over@reliant on ECDIS. -re#ent chec,s shold be made of the ECDIS position fi8ing system 3normally ABS4 by the se of other means. >se of radar to chec, the accracy of the charted position by comparing the location of the radar target against the charted symbol. Estimated positions shold be mar,ed on the chart for each watch in advance Ensre the electronic chart coverage for the voyage mst be ade#ate by prompt 2!CS order 7 sbse#ent pdating of ECDIS with transmitted license file $avigating officer mst enter mar,ing/highlighting on electronic charts to identify radar conspicos targets no@go areas parallel inde8 lines 3essential for the monitoring stage4 transit mar,s clearing bearings etc. %aster to doble chec, these entries 7 approve the same prior commencement of passage 5eglar chec, 7 inspection of e#ipment stats 7 interface as per e#ipment manal to ensre that data inpt from varios electronic navigational e#ipments remain valid 7 correct Ensre that vessel is receiving pdates for official hydrographic data from certified sbscription Co. E$C cells that are valid data for se in the certified ECDIS system is corrected wee,ly. %aster 7 operator mst be able to access the cell correction stats 7 ECDIS correction log. 5ecord ,eeping of corrections shold be reviewed and random chec,s made. Broper p,eep of ECDIS correction log 7 the ability to show ob0ective evidence to official inspectors is a mst.
C. +O C+%7-S %7E 8:D%-ED The charts are being pdated by 2dmiralty Digital >pdate SE5!ICE on a wee,ly basis… sing 2!CS pdating software/procedre or as per below indicated which allows direct downloading3as or vessels are e#ipped with )road)and Internet4 of the latest pdates which are sbse#ently brned on a CD or saved to >S) Stic,3depends on ECDIS %anfactrerpdate SE5!ICE /corrections are available wee,ly and downloaded via internet every Thrsday these pdates contain also T7B. 3pls see procedre attached below4
&n the Chartco Compter open the 2>S Software &n the pper left corner there are three icons in the grop ECDIS/ECS >pdate Stats select the third icon 3)le )o8 with green cross4 :indow latest E$C Bermit -ile will appear Bress the rectanglar btton on the right :indow Bath to E$C Bermit -ile will appear Focate the folder where the BE5%IT.TGT is located Clic, &? $e8t 7 -inish 5etrn to the ECDIS/ECS >pdate Stats 7 select the first icon 3CD with Star4 on -ollow the instrctions in the pop@p window Insert the latest >pdate CD if yo have it onboard then clic, &? the wee, nmber on the latest pdate CD shold appear as the Starting from wee, in the software &n the pper right side of the window chec, &nly show cells that need pdating 7 &nly show cells that are licensed this will minimi;e si;e of the date to be downloaded. 5etrn to the ECDIS/ECS >pdate Stats 7 select the middle icon -ollow the instrctions in the pop@p window to pdate the E$C cataloge with the latest wee, the latest wee, nmber shold appear as 2vailable at in the software yo will notice that cell nmbers and description will start to appear on the page select all of that cells then right clic, 2dd to re#est I$S window will appear then clic, to apply all cell nmbers selected will be coped to the right colmn of the page. &n the pper right corner of the page clic, the icon Send 5e#est Sends email/ connects directly to internet a pop@p window will appear 3>pdate Cells re#est H Cells >pdate4 Clic, &? and downloading will start 3all cell nmbers in the page will start disappear4 &nce completed clic, the Create E8change Set icon 3CD with green arrow4 in the pper right corner 2 pop@p window will appear clic, 3$e8t4 >pdate Bermit6 Choose -older window will appear 3ta,e note of the folder where the E8change Set will be created on %y Docments E8change Sets. Clic, $e8t 3$ote6 ma,e sre this folder E8change Sets 3is empty otherwise creation of e8change set will not be possible4 Bop@p window will appear 3Create E8change Ste6 Create4 Download will start :hen -inished Clic, the Icon &pen the -older containing the $ew E8change Set< 3in the folder there will files named / E$CJ5&&T / I$-& / BE5%IT.C5T / SE5I2F E$C H Copy from E8change Sets to -ile on Des,top and Save in -ile 2!CS/ 2!CS :ee,ly >pdates/ :ee, $o… 2fter that Delete from %K Docments/E8change Sets to be empty 7 ready for ne8t :ee,4
Re2ar3 on T4P5s on ENC5s…. No" all Aovernment 9ydrographic &ffices 3A9&4 isse T7B $%s for their E$Cs. :here this is the case relevant A9& paper $otices to %ariner )lletin or :ebsites 3if available4 shold be conslted.Lreference NP6 T&e Mariner5s Hand7oo3 Nin"& Edi"ion 89: C&ap"er 819: par1 ;1 C&ap"er 81<= "o 816;: $ocses on ENCs1 2s we ,now that E$Cs are prodced by different Aovernment 9ydrographic &ffices 3A9&4 I believe this is one of it
compare E$C corrections with paper charts note that even the 2!CS ser and be a little bit left behind in terms of pdating. It doesnards "o T4P no"ices are ?No" a" all "i2es@ inclded in "&e %ee3l# pda"es and i$ "&e# are: "&e# %ill 7e a"o2a"icall# ins"alled pro-ided "&a" "&e s#s"e2 is seen"iall# pda"ed 7# "&e 7ase CD5s: %ee3l# CD5s and %e7si"e do%nloads1
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The corrections are done as e8plained above/the wee,ly pdatesthat also contain the T 7 B noticeswhich are ploaded from the wee,ly corrections dis,/>S) stic, after the wee,ly corrections have been downloaded.These corrections are applied atomatically to the corresponding charts/cells.
E. +O O)-E* -+E CO77EC-IO*S %7E &EI*; 7ECEI0ED T1e +o,,e+)*o's a,e be*'6 ,e+e*-e#ow'loae o' a weel( bas*s/7lease see *)e3 D0 2lsoan pdate )ase CDs3pcs4 are being received every moths and remotely ploaded by IT BIC to a designated BC onboard or vessels.
). +O -+E C+%7-S %7E &EI*; O7DE7ED The charts/cells are ordered by e@mail3 please see a""ac&ed 861B Marilee ENC Reisi"ion12s> :11and ENC pro-ider response. 861B Marilee ENC Reisi"ion12s>) from E$C contracted provider/spplier…3 http6//www.natic.se4 The charts/cells are received within 1 hor and ready or via 2dmiralty Digital Cataloge which is installed in Chartco compter. The pdate of Cataloge is also done wee,ly via Internet.
;. HOW TO AVOID THE O$S WE RECD ON THE MARINOR LAST WEEK @2ll &fficers onboard mst be flly familiar with the ECDIS installed. @In order to achieve thatall newly 0oined &fficers to be thoroghly trained/briefed on ECDIS actally installed /in se onboard the vessel.
@The best and the most effective system the %asters are being sed is live presentation/training incorporated with Short/)rief %anals3provided 7 recommended by ECDIS %anfactrer…e8ample below and fll brief manal saved in T+Marine,rop+ECDIS+Marin-es".ECDIS) that are handed over to each participants for their persal/easy 7 #ic, reference.
@)riefing Chec, Fist to be sed with above mentioned training 3attached6 ECDIS "rainin> c&ec3 lis"1pd$) 'aster to veriy that all navigational ofcers understands the ollo!ing and can use the unctions9 To be able )o *e')*5( )1e *8e,e'+e be)wee' ENC9 AVCS9 ARCS a' o)1e, 5o,3a)s F*: ow' -essel 7os*)*o' o' )1e +1a,) Use o5 ER$L9 E$L a' VRM To66le be)wee' No,)1 U79 Co,se U7 a' Hea U7 T1o,o61 'owle6e )1e A;*'5o, 5'+)*o'< Ma'al =: w*)1 +,oss ,e5e,e'+e )o >PS 7os*)*o' Ma'all( 7lo) DR 7os*)*o' a' EP /Es)*3a)e 7os*)*o's0 Ma'all( 7lo) o5 +eles)*al obse,-a)*o's Use o5 C1a,) A a' C1a,) $ a++o,*'6 )o 7,o+e,e Use 3o'*)o,*'6 5'+)*o' as 7e, 7,o+e,e Use ,o)e 7la''*'6 5'+)*o's as 7e, 7,o+e,e Use a-*so,( 'a-*6a)*o'al 5'+)*o's Use o5 7a,allel *'e:*'6 a' +lea,*'6 bea,*'6s Na-)e: wa,'*'6s Use o5 Da)a Tool Use ADP Use o5 T a' P +o,,e+)*o's Use o5 C1a,) Ass*s)a')< O,e,*'6 o5 ENC AVCS as 7e, 7,o+e,e U7a)*'6 o5 +1a,)s as 7e, 7,o+e,e S*6'a),e Mas)e, a' O?+e, e)+.
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2 chec,list of few critical items which need to be chec,ed has been incorporated to ensre that ,nown/sal lapses are covered in case of last minte voyage orders3please see attached Las" Min"e C&ec3Lis". ECDIS 1pd$ 4
@%aster has been advised to carry ot random chec,s to ensre compliance and more stringent chec,ing procedres are established onboard. @)i@monthly )ridge 2dit Chec,lists is being carried ot by %aster and inclded in %onthly Safety 5eport.
+. 8*DE7S-%*DI*; O) -+E SS-E' %*D I-se of ECDIS re#ires new levels of ser awareness. This re#ires the %aster and &&: to be appropriately trained and in particlar all personnel involved with their se mst be familiar with the operational aspects of ECDIS.
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same should be obtained by following steps; @2ll &fficers schedled to 0oin vessels with flly approved ECDIS3and those with reference system only4mst I%& %&DEF C&>5SE 1.'( 7 TKBE -2%IFI25IM2TI&$. @2ll &fficers mst pass ECDIS type familiari;ation corse by training on specific ECDIS models they wold find onboard the ship being 0oined. @:hile onboardthe %asters shold ensre that officers are conversant with ECDIS e#ipment and the limitations and potential dangers of over reliance on ECDIS and are familiar with the general operation of this e#ipment before it
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The %aster is responsible to establish effective safe navigation procedres on board vessels nder his command and that all available means of position fi8ing methods for varios stages of voyage have been defined inclding primary and secondary alternatives. In view if that varios phases of passage plan shold be evalated in regards to the available means of position fi8ing methods radar conspicos ob0ects shold be highlighted on the charts and navigational officers se at least two means to ascertain the position whenever and wherever possible. 2n e8perienced &fficer ,nows that it is potentially navigationally nsafe to place absolte reliance on any one electronic navigational tool.while yonger &&: wold probably rely too mch on the electronic systems and forget to cross chec, the information given. To avoid thatthe voyage plans mst contain necessary instrction in regards to position fi8ing methods which mst be flly observed >7 followed. To ensre fll compliancethe%aster needs to carry ot a random chec,s against the approved /agreed voyage plan.
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2gainall &fficers mst be well familiar with ECDIS installed onboard and all available featres provided. -or all ECDIS it is mandatory to have the Bresentation Fibrary for E$Cs ..which gives the fle8ibility to display the diversity of ECDIS information. 9oweverit mst be remembered that system is set to the most appropriate/sitable view option for charts/areas in se which mst be set to ->FF DISBF2K which will enable &&:/operator to see all available information e.g.6 physical chart information 3e.g. coastline depth contors boys4 N Bhysical chart information 3e.g. coastline depth contors boys4 N Traffic roteing specified areas cations etc. N Spplementary 9ydrographic &ffice information from light list etc. N %arinerOs notes additional local chart information manfactrerOs information N Tidal streams/dirsctions/rates…etc
N Chartwor, sch as planned rote electronic bearing lines and range rings etc. N &wn shipOs position and corse/speed vector shipOs heading and rate of trn past trac, N -i8 accracy or position chec, from secondary positioning system N Bossibly shiphandling options based on shipOs characteristics N $avigation information 3shipOs latitde longitde heading corse etc.4 N Information from radar and other sensors N Information from 2IS N $avigational indications and alarms generated by ECDIS N &ptionally telemetered information from shore athorities 3trafficreal@time tides etc.4 N &ptionally ice information N !arios 5eminders 3e.g. time to contact pilot station4 and N Bossibly a message from other displays 3e.g. alarm on engine room display4. )ecase mch e8perience is embodied in the paper chart and to avoid confsion in the e8tended period while paper charts and 5$Cs as compared to E$Cs co@e8ist the two presentations shold be similar wherever possible. The ECDIS Bresentation Fibrary follows that of the paper chart to the widest e8tent possible. 9owever sit shold be noted that good visal commnication between the ECDIS display and the ser re#ires more fle8ibility of display than is available from paper charts.
-or instancewhen sing ECDIS for voyage planning the navigation officer shold establish a safety contor arond the vessel to flly se the atomated fnction of ECDIS. The safety contor fnction of the ECDIS allows the mariner to choose a depth contor 3isobath4 from the database to be emphasi;ed and associated with a variety of available alarms. If the ship crosses a safety contour or approaches a prohibited or speciallydefined area such as a traffic separation zone, ECDIS will automatically indicate the error while the route is being planned and executed
Conse#ently some alternative display methods are being introdced as options in the Bresentation Fibrary e.g.6 N Displaying/removing varios types of chart and non@chart information N Selecting standard chart display or a thinned ot display and fll or simplified symbols
N >sing crsor interrogation for frther detail N &verlaying/removing radar video or radar target information 3in order to6 confirm shipOs positioning aid radar interpretation show the entire navigation sitation on one screen4 N &verlaying/removing varios other sensor information or information telemetered from shore N Changing the scale or orientation of the display N Selecting tre motion or relative motion N Changing screen layot with windowed displays te8t information in the margins etc. N Bossibility of pll@down mens and other operator interaction devices being alongside the operational navigation display and so interacting with it N Aiving navigation and chart warnings sch as Ptoo close approach to safety contorP Pabot to enter prohibited areaP Poverscale displayP Pmore detailed 3larger scale4 data availableP etc. N Bossibly a diagrammatic representation of a compter evalation of gronding danger N Bossibly a diagrammatic representation of the immediate vicinity of the ship to aid
$. HOW DO WE CONTROL THAT ALL OFFICER HAVE THE NECESSAR% TRAININ> @ IMO MODEL COURSE .2 # T%PE FAMILIARIBATION # C$T COURSE @ NO ONE SHOULD $E ALLOWED TO >O ON $OARD WITHOUT THE IMO MODEL COURSE .2 ! T%PE FAMILIARIBATION. @Bersonnel Department to liaise with the &fficers presently on vacation and arrange all withot necessary corse/certificate to attend/complete the necessary training H I%& %&DEF C&>5SE 1.'( /Type -amiliari;ation . @Bersonnel department to liaise closely with %arine Department dring the scoting/mstering period in order to properly evalate potential candidates. @Bersonnel department to prepare a list of all &fficers with above mentioned certificates and already sailed on %arinvest vessels e#ipped with flly approved ECDISand those already attended Specific Type ECDIS corses3ie. S2% Electronics and 52KT9E&$4 @Bersonnel Department to establish a pool of &fficers that wold reglarly rotate on %arinvest vessels and arrange necessary Specific Type ECDIS corses3 S2% Electronics and 52KT9E&$4with manfactrers for &fficers dring vacation time. Ideas/possibilities being considered at the moment @Corses can be also arranged onboard the vessels calling Eropean ports. @Thome Madar &ffice 3in agreement with %arinvest4 may arrange a training with S2% EFECT5&$ICS ECDIS e#ipment 3not installed on %aritina/left %anagement4 for Eropean &fficers . @ As +e,)a*' '3be, o5 Ma,*'-es) ee) o?+e,s 1a a))e'e Sa3 Ele+),o'*+s#Ra()1eo' +o,se. Berhaps if those who attended manfactrers corse cold become &fficially Ficensed to hold corse for others . That corse cold be arranged dring handover period 3 with ample time4 :ith proper spporting docmentation ma,er cold then isse TKBE -2%IFI25IS2TI&$ certificate li,e it is done in their premises.
