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Passage Planning

Passage Planning

When the Master gets the nomination of the next port, he communicates this information to the navigating officer of the ship. On hearing this, how the navigating officer proceeds to plan the passage, is precisely the coverage of this article.Research into shipping casualties has shown that the most important contributing factor is that of human error, 85% to be more precise.Among the recommendations for improving this situation is one for passage planning. A good passage planning means taking the vessel from A to B in the safest and shortest way. The concept of passage planning is not … [Read more...]

By Cult of Sea Filed Under: Navigation Tagged With: A893, appraisal, asd, execution, imo, monitoring, navigation, ocean passage, passage, passage planning, planning, weather

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