Witherby's have announced the new edition of their ECDIS Passage Planning series. Now in its third edition, this book has been fully revised and updated to provide practical guidance on the appraisal and planning stages of the passage on ECDIS, as well as on correct...
IMO is set to revise its seafarer fatigue guidance as it digests the results of a three-year study into the long-term effects of tiredness on crew. IMO's human element, training and watchkeeping sub-committee met in London last week to discuss the results of the...
Chart & Publications Title Edition Due New Admiralty Charts published 16 February 2017 1536 Yangjiang Gang and Approaches 16-02-17 1537 Dafangji to Nanpeng Liedao 16-02-17 2530 San Diego Bay to Cape Mendocino 16-02-17 2531 Cape Mendocino to...
Admiralty publications NP234(A)-17 'Cumulative List of Notices to Mariners' for January 2017 and NP247(1)+(2) 'Annual Summary of Notices to Mariners' are now available to order from our stock. For all our Challenger customers, these are available electronically (with...
Ecdis Ltd has created an offline version of its Annual Competency Assurance Training (ACAT) courses for ships without internet access. The UK-based training group has reacted to requirements from many of its shipping clients that want to use the ACAT courses, but...
Chart & Publications Title Edition Due New Admiralty Charts published 09 February 2017 1330 Río Paraná Sheet 8 09-02-17 1716 Nanri Qundao to Shenhu Wan 09-02-17 3558 Approaches to Batangas 09-02-17 New Editions of Admiralty Charts published 09...
With a boost from El Nino, 2016 began with a bang. For eight consecutive months, January to August, the globe experienced record warm heat. With this as a catalyst, the 2016 globally averaged surface temperature ended as the highest since record keeping began in 1880,...
Chart & Publications Title Edition Due New Admiralty Charts published 02 February 2017 1461 Gulf of Trieste and Approaches 02-02-17 1480 Porto Marghera and Porto di Chioggia 02-02-17 1493 Porto di Monfalcone and Approaches 02-02-17 1624...
The following publications are being released by the Admiralty this coming week: NP25 - British Columbia Pilot Volume 1 (Sixteenth Edition) 2017 NP83 - List of Lights and Fog Signals Volume K 2017/18 NP286(7) - List of Radio Signals, Pilot Services, VTS and Port...
Layup reactivation is crucial given that the vessel may have been out of service for a number of months and hence the Shipowners P&I Club has a survey requirement when it comes to layup reactivations. The extent of re-commissioning work would depend on whether the...