Cd.

26 Voyage planning
VOYAGE PLANNING
1. When should voyage planning be done?
- prior sailing
2. Who is responsible for the voyage plan?
- the master
3. Voyage planning consists of how many main stages?
- 4
4. Can voyage planning be executed on ECDIS?
- only in approved by the flag state
5. Can RNC charts be used for voyage planning?
- only together with paper charts
6. What is most important when transferring route plans to other navigation
systems?
- both systems use the same chart datum
7. What is an information exchange form?
- a forms used to provide information to a pilot
8. What is the main purpose of the VTS?
- increase safety for all ships in the area
OFFICER OF THE WATCH
1. Is the OOW expected to double-check the whole voyage plan?
- yes
2. Can the Officer of the watch be the sole lookout?
- only during day time when visibility, traffic etc. makes it safe
3. When should operational checks on navigation equipment be done?
- regularly, when preparing for sea and entering port
4. When steering by autopilot, how often should manual steering be checked?
- at least once a watch
5. if the OOW must leave the voyage plan, he should?
- inform the master
6. What is important to check when transferring a position from GPS to a chart?
- make sure that the chart and the GPS use same datum
7. In coastal waters GPS positions should be checked by?
- Visual and radar observations
8. Ship to ship communication during SAR should be executed by?
- VHF and MF
COMMUNICATION
1. How many methods of communication do we say that we have?
-3
2. According to statistic, how many percent of sea accidents can be traced back to
communication problems?
- 80%

3. What is the central principle of Seaspeak?

- Use of message markers
4. How many standard message markers are used in Seaspeak?
-7
WEATHER ROUTING
1. What is the shortest distance between two points?
- great circle
2. One knot reduction in speed of a VLCC represents approximately?
- 6% reduction in speed
3. Should recommended route information be used together with weather routing?
- Yes
4. How much time can be saved by use of weather routing?
- Impossible to say
PIRACY
1. Where can you expect piracy today?
- All over the world
2. Is piracy an increasing or decreasing problem?
- Piracy is increasing
3. Do most pirate attacks take place in territorial or international waters?
- Most attacks take place in territorial waters
4. In what waters are piracy attacks most frequent?
- Indonesian waters
SAFETY
1. In order to improve safety; do you think it is necessary to know the past?
- Yes
2. How do you define risk?
- Risk involves both identification of the occurrence and the likelihood that it will happen
3. If a shipping company wants to be attractive to clients, it must be able to provide?
- Efficient and reliable service
4. What is the key to executing a voyage in a safe and efficient way?
- Crewmembers
DISABLED SHIP EMERGENCIES
1. How can you keep a ship head-up into the weather, with the rudder jammed in hard
over position?
- Careful ahead maneuvering
2. How cab you reduce ships downwind progress in deep water?
- By lowering the anchor to about 60 fathoms
3. SOLAS regulations require that tankers of XXX tones dwt must be equipped with an
emergency towing system?
- 20 000 DWT
4. How many MAIN types of salvage arrangements exits?
- Two