Now these days there are so many Bridge Equipment Carried Onboard Ship, which helps mariners to navigate safely. However these are just an aid to navigation, so every mariner should use it cautiously by keeping in mind the limitations of these Bridge Equipment. Here we have listed 20 Bridge Equipment used onboard ship. 1. Electronic
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Marine Sextant Every Mariner should know how to use Sextant and what are the errors associated with it. Even I have face difficulty in using sextant in my first ship but slowly I get comfortable with it. In this article I have covered what is Marine Sextant and It’s principle, Parts, Errors and how to
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Definition: As per IMO performance standard Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS), is a navigational information system which, with adequate back-up arrangements, can be accepted as complying with up-to-date chart required by regulation V/19 and V/27 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, by displaying selected information from a system electronic navigational chart (SENC) with positional
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“Marine Radar” Components, Working, Characteristics, Limitations and IMO Standards What is Marine Radar (Radio Detection and Ranging) ? It is an Antenna fitted on the monkey island (Navigational bridge), which rotate continuously to detect ships, landmass and Navigational hazards in the vicinity, it is an aid to Navigation by which we can determine range and
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