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Navigation, Charts & ECDIS

“I think it’s very important and we digital navigation. For the first time,

need to build proficiency levels and the attendees will also have the opportunity
knowledge both onboard and ashore.”
to submit their specific ECDIS questions

and concerns in advance, when Indeed, the UKHO (United
registering for the event.”
Kingdom Hydrographic Office) has

launched the latest free-to-attend With this move to digitalisation,
ECDIS Implementation, Policy and what will happen to the once relied

Procedures Seminars led by ECDIS upon paper charts?
expert Captain Paul Hailwood, to help “We don’t see paper charts going

all within the shipping industry gain an away anytime soon,” said Nautisk’s

improved understanding of how best to Mr Pran.
utilise digital navigation systems at sea. “To some extent, I think vessels will

They follow its series of ‘Are you ready have a ‘bring me home’ folio. Then
for ECDIS’ seminars which were again, the mandation specifies that you

delivered to hundreds of delegates need to have one ECDIS and in order
around the globe throughout 2012/13.
to remove your paper charts you need
Peter Pran, Head of Global
Capt Hailwood said: “We are to have two. A lot of companies are
Sales, Nautisk
delighted to have the opportunity to putting only one on because it is the relying on CDs being sent which is time

bring our seminars to such major least they have to do.”
consuming and can take up to eight
shipping nations as Norway and Holland weeks. That is a long time of not That, he said, was why Nautisk had

and to offer our expertise on the knowing what is going on.”
invested so heavily in placing offices

challenges surrounding implementing and warehouses around the world, Implementing correct procedures is
ECDIS onboard and the policies and where they could print all the charts, so also vital, he said, to make sure

procedures that come with incorporating
they are never out of stock.
everyone knows what they are doing.

22 The SHIP Supplier Issue 61 2014