The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published a new edition of the ICS Bridge Procedures Guide, which offers guidance on best practice for safe navigation.
The fifth edition has been comprehensively revised by an expert working group nominated by ICS’s member national shipowners’ associations, and replaces the previous edition published in 2007.
STCW Convention Amendments
The new edition has been updated to address the 2010 amendments to the STCW Convention with additional emphasis on Bridge Resource Management and the use of new technology such as Electronic Chart Display Information Systems (ECDIS) and other electronic aids to navigation.
ECDIS Checklists
ICS asserts that ECDIS is a good example of an area in which the introduction of new equipment and technology needs to be accompanied by appropriate guidance, in particular with respect to crew familiarisation with ship specific arrangements. The new Guide therefore includes comprehensive ECDIS familiarisation checklists.
The ICS Bridge Procedures Guide, accompanied by a CD version of the text with a search function, is available from maritime booksellers worldwide or direct from ICS.
Picture by Paulo Ordoveza.
