Passage Planning Guidelines 6th edition - Witherby [2019, PDF]

Contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction
1 Effective Passage Planning
1.1 The Requirement for a Comprehensive Passage Plan
1.1.1 SOLAS Regulation
1.1.2 STCW Code
1.1.3 Safety Management System
1.1.4 IMO Resolution A.893(21)
1.2 The Four Stages of Planning
1.3 Responsibility
1.4 Key to Symbols
Chapter 2 – Appraisal
2 Gathering Information
2.1 Carriage Requirements for Charts and Nautical Publications
2.2 Preliminary Research
2.2.1 Preliminary Research – Destination
2.2.2 Preliminary Research – Weather and Environment
2.2.3 Preliminary Research – Passage Planning Guides
2.2.4 Preliminary Research – Nautical Publications, Charts, Update and Review
2.2.5 Passage Planning in Ice
2.2.6 Preliminary Research – Other Considerations
2.3 Appraisal Report
Chapter 3 – Passage Planning on Paper Charts
3 Planning
3.1 Voyage Overview
3.2 Chart Preparation
3.3 Plotting Courses
3.4 Speed
3.5 Pilotage
3.5.1 Pilotage Chart Preparation
3.5.2 Plotting Courses for Pilotage
3.6 Port Approaches
3.7 Coastal and Ocean Passages
3.7.1 Passage Charts
3.7.2 Distances to Clear Hazards
3.7.3 Courses for Coastal and Ocean Passages
3.7.4 Courses to Steer in Traffic Separation Schemes (TSSs)
3.7.5 Mariners’ Routeing Guides
3.7.6 Planning a Canal Transit
3.7.7 Courses for Ocean Passage
3.7.8 Additional Considerations for an Ocean Passage
3.7.9 Passage Planning Sheet
3.8 Risk Assessment
3.9 Completion of the Planning Stage
3.10 Coastal Passage – Example
3.10.1 Coastal Passage Example – Tidal Calculations
3.10.2 Coastal Passage Example – Speed and ETA Calculations
3.10.3 Coastal Passage Example – Preparing the Charts
Chapter 4 – Passage Planning on ECDIS
4 Effective Use of ECDIS
Introduction
4.1 Configuration of ECDIS Settings
4.1.1 ECDIS Planning Settings
4.1.2 Safety Contour
4.1.3 ENC Display
4.1.4 Display Category
4.1.5 Route Options
4.2 Route Creation
4.2.1 New Route
4.2.2 Adding Waypoints
4.2.3 Adjusting Waypoints
4.2.4 Multiple Route Options
4.2.5 Route Table
4.3 Mariner-added Objects
4.4 Supplementary Information
4.5 Manual Updates
4.6 Route Check
4.6.1 Configuration
4.6.2 Conducting the Route Check
4.6.3 Visual Check
4.7 Detailed Briefing
4.8 ECDIS References
Annexes
Annex A – Example Appraisal Report Format
Annex B – Passage Planning Checklists
Annex C – ECDIS Planning Checklists
Annex D – Parallel Indexing
Annex E – Example Passage Plan Worksheet Format
Annex F – Example of Passage Planning Notes
Annex G – Safety Depth and Safety Contours
Annex H – List of Useful Publications
Annex I – Independent Mariner Selectors