Understanding Nautical Publications
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Before entering the topic of nautical publications, it is necessary to
be clear on basic concepts that will allow us to understand
better the subject.
Let's take the definition of publication. What is a publication? It is the
dissemination or communication of any information so that it is
known. Analyzing this term we can deduce that a
Nautical publication is the dissemination, communication, article,
summary, maritime information news to be known by
the navigator as a way to warn or inform about something related to
your navigation and carry out a safe and reliable journey.
In other words, Nautical Publications are all those that a
the vessel must carry, whether essential or significantly
tools for navigation safety. They can be on paper or in
digital
In SOLAS Chapter V regulation 2 paragraph 2, it is defined as nautical chart
A nautical publication is a map or book with specific purposes, or a
database specially compiled from which this is obtained
map or book, officially published by a Government or under its
authority, an authorized Hydrographic Service or any other
institución estatal pertinente, y que está diseñado para satisfacer los
requirements of maritime navigation. Which is a definition.
valid and complete.
The SOLAS convention requires in its chapter V in rule 19
headings 2 subtitled devices and onboard systems, in the paragraph
2.1.4 that every vessel, regardless of its size, must
carry charts and nautical publications for planning and presenting
visually the defeat of the ship for the planned journey and trace the
defeat and verify the situation during the trip. An acceptance will be possible
information system and visualization of electronic charts for
fulfill this obligation to carry nautical charts.
In addition to this requirement, the SOLAS in rule 1 of that chapter
section 4 leaves it to the discretion of the management of each vessel as
they will apply rule 19, that is why our administration the A.M.P
(MARITIME AUTHORITY OF PANAMA) in its circular MMC 107 informs us
Indicate what type of vessels should carry the charts and publications.
which must be carried. (see MMC 107).
That is why every navigator or officer in charge of navigation,
In this case, everyone who is on bridge duty must know and
to manipulate the publications that we find on the dashboard,
just as well as which ones the ship must carry in different
situations.
Classification of nautical publications.
Within the scope of its functions for better management of the
publications will be classified according to their use.
Descriptive:
Routes.
List of lighthouses and signals.
Notices to Navigators.
Catalogs of letters.
Letters fromtidal currents.
Radio navigation aids.
Interoceanic route planning or pilot charts.
List of ports in the world.
Of calculation
Nautical Almanac.
Tables for astronomical calculation.
Navigation Tables.
Tide tables.
International regulations
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.
SOLAS.
MARPOL.
STCWInternational Convention on Standards of Training,
Degree and Guard.
IAMSAR(International Manual of Aeronautical Services and
Maritime Search and Rescue.
IGS-ISM(International Code of Safety Management).
IMDGInternational Maritime Code of Goods
Dangerous.
VariousIMO publications
National regulations
RIPAforinternal waters.
Regulations ofVTS.
Traffic separation schemes.
Title 46 Code of Federal Regulations
Operating and maintenance instructions for the equipment
of help to navigation.
Manuals and works related to the procedures and
techniques of navigation and operation of ships.
Manuals and compilations of rules required by the
company.
In this unit we will refer to the routes, the lists of lights and
["lighthouses","radio aids","tide tables","route planning"]
interoceanic, catalogs of charts and publications, list of ports
of the world and notices to navigators.
Sailing Directions are books that assist navigators.
which has varied information about the places referred to
book, this information provided can be buoy systems,
tipos de monedas, gobierno del territorio, la industria, los días festivos,
the language that is spoken, maritime regulations, places of
dangers, mined areas in the sea, piloting, information about
search and rescue, areas where submarines operate, time zone of
place, and in case the routes are American also the
place where the American embassy of the country is located. The routes
as they have a lot of information that describes different places
they are going to divide by regions, and these divisions will depend on the
manufacturer of the publication, or of the hydrographic company that it
edit.
We can find among the most common that are used by navigators.
on board
1. The Admiralty hydrographic maps (British).
2. The company NIMA (NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING
AGENCY) U.S that can be published by NOAA.
The coast pilots are routes published by the coast guard of
the United States and have more detailed information about the places
navigable waters of the United States for safety of the
navigation, just like the routes, must be corrected
periodically depending on the changes made to the place.
Each descriptive publication, such as the routes, must
update since there may be changes in the area where you are
navigate, and these updates can be found in the notices to the
navigators (notice to mariners), depending on the publishing company
from the publication, which are published every week by the company
editor of the publication to update, for example if I have itineraries of
Admiralty, I must correct my course with the notices to mariners.
published by Admiralty, and so it happens with those published by others
empresas hidrográficas.
List of lights and headlights
These publications provide us information only about the
lights and beacons. Just like the routes, they are divided into different
regions, depending on the companies that publish them, since
there are many lights and beacons on the coasts around the world for the
safety in navigation. The information we can find
this book is about buoys without lights, radio beacons, stations
the radio direction finder, beacons, lighthouses, etc. Every time there is
any change in a place, regarding a buoy or lighthouse, this change
it must be taken into account and we are going to inform ourselves about the change in
the notices to mariners. Just like the sailing directions, these
publications are corrected every week depending on the company
editor of the book.
Radio aids.
It is a book published by a Hydrographic Institute in which appear the
information about frequencies, schedules, situation, etc., of the
stations that provide lighthouse services, radiogoniometers,
radar stations, pilot stations, Consol, Decca, Omega,
and medical services and other services. The information about this will
depend on your editor in case of USCG (Americans) it only has a
I take it that PUB. 117 is global; however, for the
Admiralty is various information that divides the information into 7.
volumes and some of these are divided into areas.
Tide tables
Es una publicación que edita la compañía hidrográfica que contiene
the tide predictions for the principal or main ports. It is
published annually.
Notices to Mariners
They are published by hydrographic companies every week to
update the information provided by the descriptive books of
themselves; these updates or corrections can be
changes that affect nautical charts published by that company
hydrographic, also warnings to navigators in the area that
navigate, changes in the channels and assistance devices
navigation, as well as updates to the routes, list
of lights or radio aids.
Planning of interoceanic routes
By admiralty known as routeing charts, and by US as pilots
charts.
They are publications that will give me a global description of the place.
where you will sail, they are divided by continental regions, and
they show the climate behavior of the region (pressure
atmospheric, temperatures, direction and intensity of the wind), also
shows the direction and intensity of the current, the distances between the
main ports of the region. There are differences between the
route planning for each river basin company.
List of ports in the world
This post provides us with information about the different
ports around the world and the description of each of them
there are different books that can help us provide that description:
One of them is called guide port to entry and another very well known is World
Port Index (Pub.150) by NIMA, which will inform us about the
location of the ports, characteristics, facilities and services
available.
Distance between ports (distances between ports) Pub.151
This post has the list of the most important ports in the
world and the distance between them. This publication helps us if
we want to get some information about the estimated time of arrival
port, And we can also take into account the information provided for
plan our route across the ocean.
It is important as merchant marine officers to know how to handle
each of these publications and also make an inventory of
those we have on board. We are also responsible for knowing which
we need in case of navigating to an area where there is no
sailed the ship, to request them correctly from the company
in which we serve.
It is also worth noting that it is extremely important that the
the navigator knows how to update the publications and letters using the notice to
the corresponding navigators to avoid incidents and navigate
safe way.
We must familiarize ourselves with these concepts from now on and
apply them.
