Cd.26 Voyage planning

VOYAGE PLANNING

1. When should voyage planning be done?

• prior sailing

2. Who is responsible for the voyage plan?

• the master

3. Voyage planning consists of how many main stages?

• 4

4. Can voyage planning be executed on ECDIS?

• only in approved by the flag state

5. Can RNC charts be used for voyage planning?

• only together with paper charts

6. What is most important when transferring route plans to other navigation systems?

• both systems use the same chart datum

7. What is an information exchange form?

• a forms used to provide information to a pilot

8. What is the main purpose of the VTS?

• increase safety for all ships in the area

OFFICER OF THE WATCH

1. Is the OOW expected to double-check the whole voyage plan?

• yes

2. Can the Officer of the watch be the sole lookout?

• only during day time when visibility, traffic etc. makes it safe

When should operational checks on navigation equipment be done?

• regularly, when preparing for sea and entering port

• When steering by autopilot, how often should manual steering be checked?

• at least once a watch

• if the OOW must leave the voyage plan, he should?

• inform the master

• What is important to check when transferring a position from GPS to a chart?

• make sure that the chart and the GPS use same datum

• In coastal waters GPS positions should be checked by?

• Visual and radar observations

• Ship to ship communication during SAR should be executed by?

• VHF and MF

COMMUNICATION

1. How many methods of communication do we say that we have?

- 3

2. According to statistic, how many percent of sea accidents can be traced back to communication problems?

- 80%

3. What is the central principle of Seaspeak?

- Use of “message markers”

4. How many standard “message markers” are used in Seaspeak?

- 7

WEATHER ROUTING

1. What is the shortest distance between two points?

- great circle

2. One knot reduction in speed of a VLCC represents approximately?

- 6% reduction in speed

3. Should recommended route information be used together with weather routing?

- Yes

4. How much time can be saved by use of weather routing?

- Impossible to say

PIRACY

1. Where can you expect piracy today?

- All over the world

2. Is piracy an increasing or decreasing problem?

- Piracy is increasing

3. Do most pirate attacks take place in territorial or international waters?

- Most attacks take place in territorial waters

4. In what waters are piracy attacks most frequent?

- Indonesian waters

SAFETY

1. In order to improve safety; do you think it is necessary to know the past?

- Yes

2. How do you define risk?

- Risk involves both identification of the occurrence and the likelihood that it will happen

3. If a shipping company wants to be attractive to clients, it must be able to provide?

- Efficient and reliable service

4. What is the key to executing a voyage in a safe and efficient way?

- Crewmembers

DISABLED SHIP - EMERGENCIES

1. How can you keep a ship head-up into the weather, with the rudder jammed in hard over position?

- Careful ahead maneuvering

2. How cab you reduce ship's downwind progress in deep water?

- By lowering the anchor to about 60 fathoms

3. SOLAS regulations require that tankers of XXX tones dwt must be equipped with an emergency towing system?

- 20 000 DWT

4. How many MAIN types of salvage arrangements exits?

- Two

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