Understand company's SMS manual. | |
Follow bridge procedures manual, standing instruction, night orders. |
Bridge should never be unattended. | |
Keep a proper look out at all times, by all available means as appropriate. | |
Use RADAR, ARPA. |
All gyros are aligned at all times. | |
Compass errors to be taken once in a watch. | |
Compass errors to be taken after every large alteration as practicable. | |
Check courses. |
Strictly comply with ROR. | |
Display proper lights and shapes. | |
Use proper sound signals if required. | |
Use fog signals in restricted visibility. | |
Take early action to avoid collisions. | |
Call me if in any doubt. | |
Always maintain a safe distance from nearby ships. | |
Maintain a CPA of two miles if there is enough searoom. | |
Maximum possible CPA in coastal and dense traffic areas, without endangering navigation. | |
Inform me when traffic causing concern. | |
Use ground speed in ARPA for anti collision. |
Monitor visibility at all times. | |
Check visibility by radars. | |
Call me if visibility reduces to less than three miles. |
Determine primary and secondary methods of position fixing. | |
Position to be obtained at regular intervals. | |
In deep sea, position once a hour. In coastal areas, 15minutes or less. |
Always keep tidal predictions ready, especially in coastal areas. | |
Always be aware about set and drift. | |
Call me if keeping course due to strong current is difficult. |
Always monitor the present weather. | |
Obtain up to date information about weather from NAVTEX, EGC, VHF, weather fax, MF-HF broadcast whichever available. | |
Inform me when you observe any presence of cyclone, depression or bad weather. | |
Keep an eye on barometric pressure. Inform me if it reduces 3mb in a watch. | |
Inform me if significant change of wind force or swell without any warning. |
My presence on bridge does not mean I have taken over the con. | |
Taking over must be by verbal expression. | |
Con change over between the watch officers also should follow the same principle. | |
Bridge con not to be handed over during any action. |
Engines under your disposal. | |
You can use engines when required. |
Call me when you receive any distress alert. | |
Call me when you meet any distressed vessel or person. | |
Do not transmit or acknowledge any distress alert without my concern. | |
Ring general alarm in case we are in any distress. |
Vessel to be on hand steering with two steering motors under following circumstances:
Making or leaving port. | |
When taking actions in close quarter situation. | |
While maneuvering. | |
Passing close to shoals. | |
Passing narrow channels. | |
During heavy weather. | |
Any other situation when it is deemed necessary. |
To be used while passing shallows, making ports, departing ports. | |
While passing 100m, 50m, 20m contours. | |
Any time if it deemed necessary. |
All officers to take round after watch and report to bridge. | |
Rounds to be made in accommodation, galley, car decks. | |
Any risk of fire, leak, water ingress, cargo lashings to be checked. |
To be filled up after every watch with ink. | |
Courses, weather, comparison of compasses, emergency drills, look out man etc. to be written. | |
Log book must be initialed. |
To be filled up by watch officers, with ink. | |
Control and try out of engines, times, names of pilots | |
Must be initialed. |