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Under Keel Clearance – the distance between the deepest point of the vessel’s hull and the sea bed.
UKC – Under Keel Clearance
Voyage Plan – a document prepared by the Navigation Officer, giving details about the intended voyage.The Navigation Officer is responsible for ensuring that correct UKC is applied at the various stages of a voyage, [...]
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Under Keel Clearance
Posted by author on June 23rd, 2008
Posted in Navigation, Operation and Maintenance of Bridge Equipmant 
Tags: current conditions, density, draught, environmental conditions, estimates, extreme caution, handeling, hydrographic data, inland waters, keel, navigation officer, oow, pipelines, reliability, sea bed, tidal height, tidal predictions, ukc, wave phenomena, weather 
2 Comments »EMERGENCY NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS AND SIGNALLING EQUIPMEMENT
Posted by author on April 27th, 2008
The OOW is responsible for ensuring that the emergency navigation lights and signalling equipment are in working order and ready for immediate use at all times.
Routine or General Communications
Posted by author on April 27th, 2008
Routine or general communications include ship to ship communication, pilotage messages port operations, ship movement, ships business messages and other public correspondence.
Emergency Communications
Posted by author on April 27th, 2008
Emergency communications include distress, urgency and safety messages.
Distress Alert Distress Message and Distress Relay
Radiocommunication
Posted by author on April 27th, 2008
GMDSS Radiocommunication Functions
Only qualified radio personnel should operate equipment for GMDSS purposes. GMDSS equipped ships are required to be able to do the following wherever they operate;
Posted in Operation and Maintenance of Bridge Equipmant Tags: a2, a4, bridge communications, bridge to bridge, channel 13, channel 6, dsc, general communications, maritime safety, RADAR, radiocommunication, radiotelephone, receiver digital, safety purposes, sar operations, search and rescue, signals, survival craft, urgency No Comments »
