M.S. Notice No. ?? of 2011 (Revised DRAFT)

Title: Carriage Requirements for Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) on Indian Ships

Extract: India being signatory to SOLAS 1974 as incorporated these provisions in the new draft Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Rules, 2011 which is under the consideration of Govt. of India for promulgation. This may take some time, therefore in the interim the Director General of Shipping issues t...

Published 24 May 2011 by Directorate General of Shipping, India. Downloaded 1528 times.

Circular 02-007-02 (Revision 1)

Title: Nautical Charts Publications - ECDIS

Description: The Antigua Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping (ADOMS) wish to draw the attention of all above listed parties the following revised Circular letter regarding Nautical Publications and Charts [ECDIS].

Extract: If a vessel is using an ECDIS as a primary means of navigation and also has a second ECDIS unit fitted then this can be accepted as an alternative to the paper chart folio mentioned in item (3) subject to the following criteria...

Published 9 May 2011 by Dept of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping, Antigua and Barbuda. Downloaded 977 times.

IMO Standards of Training and Watchkeeping, 43rd Session, Agenda Item 3

Title: Model Course - Operational use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS)

Description: This document provides a revised draft model course on the operational use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS).

Extract: The preliminary revised draft of this model course reviewed and updated by Australia and the United States was forwarded to members of the validation panel by the Secretariat for their comments. Relevant comments on the draft course have been received from the validation panel and have been incorpo...

Published 4 May 2011 by International Maritime Organisation. Downloaded 5578 times.

IMO Maritime Safety Committee, 89th Session, Agenda Item 10

Title: Training and Watchkeeping: Follow-up actions to the 2010 Manila Conference

Description: This document highlights issues associated with the implementation of the 2010 amendments to the STCW Convention and Code that requires urgent clarification and interpretation in order to avoid different understandings among administrations and to ensure a uniform implementation of the requirements.

Extract: The United States is concerned that there is no common understanding among countries on the implementation dates of the various amendments and the application of the transitional provisions. Furthermore, the United States believes that this situation will be exacerbated once the amendments enter int...

Published 8 Mar 2011 by International Maritime Organisation. Downloaded 1360 times.

Irish Marine Notice 13 of 2011

Title: Maintenance of Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) Software

Published 21 Feb 2011 by Maritime Safety Directorate, Ireland. Downloaded 1216 times.

MCA Marine Information Note 406 (M + F)

Title: Reporting Operating Anomalies Identified within ECDIS

Description: This MIN describes the procedures for the reporting of ECDIS anomalies in accordance with IMO MSC.1/Circ.1391 on "Operating Anomalies Identified within ECDIS".

Extract: An ECDIS anomaly is an unexpected or unintended behaviour of an ECDIS which may affect the use of the equipment or navigational decisions by the user. Examples include, but are not limited to: A failure to display a navigational feature correctly. A failure to alarm correctly. A failure to manage...

Published Feb 2011 by Maritime and Coastguard Agency, United Kingdom. Downloaded 1068 times.

Merchant Marine Circular 218

Title: Electronic Charts and Publications in regards to the Carriage Requirements and Crew Training onboard Panama Flagged vessels

Extract: This Circular complements MMC No. 107. The purpose of this Circular is to inform all ship-owners, operators, Recognized Organizations, Master and officers of vessels registered in our Flag the entry in force of Resolution 106-OMI-85-DGMM of November 22, 2010 by which this Administration adopts...

Published Feb 2011 by Panama Maritime Authority, Panama. Downloaded 1320 times.

MCA Marine Information Note 405 (M + F)

Title: Training for ECDIS as Primary Means of Navigation

Description: This notice clarifies what training is acceptable for Masters and Deck Officers of UK flagged vessels which have Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) as their primary means of navigation. This notice should be read with MGN 92, MSN 1367 and MSN 1802

Extract: 1.1 The Master and all Navigational Officers of UK Flagged vessels, which have Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) as their primary means of navigation, are required (by their Safe Manning Document (SMD) and Port State Control Committee Instruction 35/2002/02 (rev1)), to have c...

Published 31 Jan 2011 by Maritime and Coastguard Agency, United Kingdom. Downloaded 1669 times.

Bermuda Shipping Notice 2011-010

Title: Introduction of Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm Systems and ECDIS

Description: The installation of Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm Systems (BNWAS) and the carriage of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) will become mandatory over the coming years. Many vessels are already fitted with these and this notice sets out the schedule for mandatory carriage and the arrangements for ECDIS back-up and the requirements for a supply of paper charts that apply when operating in areas where there is no full coverage by vector chart data.

Extract: In ships where ECDIS is the primary navigational system there is a requirement for all navigational officers to have completed both generic ECDIS training and ship specific ECDIS training. Port State Control Officers will expect to see evidence of this training during inspections. Generic ECDI...

Published 26 Jan 2011 by Department of Maritime Administration, Bermuda. Downloaded 1368 times.

MPA Shipping Circular No 3 of 2011

Title: ECDIS for Ships and High Speed Craft

Description: Includes the latest clarification for training requirements from Singapore.

Extract: 1. The Maritime Safety Committee of IMO, at its 86th session adopted resolution MSC.282(86) on amendments to SOLAS (see Annex A), which included the mandatory carriage of ECDIS for passenger ships, tankers and other cargo ships. These amendments entered into force on 1 January 2011, but the implemen...

Published 19 Jan 2011 by Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, Singapore. Downloaded 1808 times.