From Paper Charts to ECDIS: A Practical Voyage Plan

The transition from paper charts to electronic charts will pose a challenge for the industry, particularly for those with no current experience of electronic charts. This briefing uses the experiences of serving seafarers to provide advice to enable paper-taught officers make the system work for them.

Everything you need to understand in order to manage this fundamental change from navigating by paper charts to navigating by ECDIS is covered. This theoretical knowledge is made real through contributions from the sea-going members of The Nautical Institute who have been using electronic charts for some time. Unsurprisingly, many of these contributions relate to training.

Best practice is encapsulated in the industry recommendations for ECDIS training and familiarisation (including a familiarisation checklist), drawn up by a group coordinated by the Institute, which are included as appendices.

Author: Captain Harry Gale FNI

Paperback : 58 pages

SKU: P32232