VOYAGE CONFIRM DESTINATION ESTABLISH ROUTE CALCULATE DISTANCES NOTIFY
INSTRUCTIONS MASTER
Ensure all relevant sources of information are available
Gather information from, previous
passage plans, Radio navigational Collect cargo information, Use VMS
warnings, notice to mariners, old draught of ship, vessel data checklists for
APPRAISAL Collate Company, Masters passage plans, other navigating voyage
& RISK & charterers instructions officers planning
ASSESSMENT
Ensure all charts; publications are up to date and available
Identify danger Lay off course Mark relevant
areas / hazards and lines well clear of and additional
1 Select charts and
ensure they are up to
If largest scale
charts not on board,
mark on charts
(Conduct risk
assessment for
dangers and
hazards
information on
the chart
they must be
PLANNING date and corrected ordered identified hazards
No go areas, wheel over position, Margin of safety, chart change points, tides/currents, distance off dangers , course alterations,
parallel indexing, Arpa mapping, waypoints, aborts & contingencies, position fixing intervals and means of fixing, Radar
conspicuous objects and visual nav aids
OBTAIN MASTERS APPROVAL FOR THE PLAN
2 Establish departure
Consider traffic
conditions, day/night
Allocate resources
for bridge team
time and calculate passage, rest hours, management via the Initiate voyage
EXECUTION ETA’s readiness of the ship Master
to commence passage
Organise bridge Prepare for arrival,
Continuously monitor Prepare deviation team meetings make anchor or Debrief after
progress of ship along plans if required before transit in berthing plan completion of
MONITORING
3 planned track high risk areas voyage
VOYAGE PLANNING FLOW CHART