An industry standard for passage planning, it covers coastal and estuarial navigation and bridge organisation using paper and electronic charts. Detailed information on how to prepare a navigational plan and navigator's notebook and ways to monitor progress in safe water are covered.

It includes:

• team management
• error chains
• casualties and causes
• passage appraisal
• situational awareness
• executing the plan
• monitoring the ship's progress
• navigating with a pilot on board
• GPS

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