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The Shipowners’ Club provides P&I insurance for small and specialist vessels and, as such, the majority of our entered vessels trade in coastal waters. The art of navigation planning is second nature to most deep-sea mariners but it can be something of a mystery to those crews who do not need to use this particular skill very often aware to the fact that the locally tracked waters are so familiar.
Our Condition Survey Programme often highlights the fact that crew have a limited understanding of the rudiments of basic navigation and we also see claims arising where poor navigation is a main contributing factor. A better understanding of the subject will hopefully help reduce the incidence of such claims.
The purpose of this booklet is to introduce the basics of practical navigation, such as chartwork and voyage planning. We hope that it will give a better understanding on the subject.
This booklet is one of three publications in a series and it is envisaged that together they will help eliminate some of the difficulties that befall those not so well versed in marine navigation.
We remain forever indebted to Captain H. Subramaniam for compiling this booklet series for us. Captain Subramaniam was a distinguished member of the nautical fraternity in a career spanning over 6 decades, including over 30 years of teaching experience. Apart from this series, he also authored eight textbooks on the operation of merchant ships which continue to be used by seafarers across the globe. It was his ability to put a subject across in a nutshell that made all his books easy to understand and helpful to those these are intended for.
Contents
Part 1: Basic Navigational Knowledge
Chapter 1 Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS)
Chapter 2 Buoyage
Chapter 3 Voyage Planning
Part 2: Chartwork
Chapter 4 Static Chartwork - Calculation of Position
Chapter 5 Dynamic Chartwork - Chartwork on the move
Annex
Case Study Caution while using a TSS