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0.1 Index
0.2 Familiarization Record
0.3 Revisions
0.4 Company Navigational Policy
0.5 Company UKC and Safe Distance Policy
0.6 Company Bridge Standing Orders
0.7 Basic Watch Conditions

1.0 RESPONSIBILITIES
1.1 Master Responsibilities
1.1.1 Collision Avoidance
1.1.2 Standing Orders
1.1.3 Master's Daily Bridge Orders
1.1.4 Incident, Collision, Grounding and Salvage
1.1.5 Assisting with Ships in Distress
1.1.6 Use of Main Engine
1.1.7 Ship’s Speed
1.1.8 Watch Keeping to Assist the Chief Officer
1.1.9 Charts
1.1.10 Ship Handling
1.1.11 Margin of Safety
1.1.12 Go No Go Situation
1.2 Officer of Watch Responsibilities
1.2.1 Master’s Representative
1.2.2 Familiarization
1.2.3 Primary duties
1.2.3.1 Watchkeeping (BPG)
1.2.3.1.1 Maintaining look out
1.2.3.1.2 Sole look out
1.2.3.1.3 General surveillance
1.2.3.1.4 Unexpected Danger and False Sense of Security
1.2.3.1.5 Lights, shapes and sound signals
1.2.3.1.6 Collision avoidance detection
1.2.3.1.7 Collision avoidance action
1.2.3.1.8 Recording bridge activities
1.2.3.2 Periodic checks on navigational equipment
1.2.3.2.1 Operational checks
1.2.3.2.2 Routine test and checks
1.2.3.2.3 Checks on electronic equipment
1.2.3.2.4 Checking orders
1.2.3.3 Navigation
1.2.3.4 Radio communication
1.2.4 In support of Primary duties
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1.2.4.1 Controlling the speed and direction of the ship

1.2.4.2 Pollution prevention, reporting and emergency situations
1.2.5 Additional Responsibilities
1.2.5.1 Bridge attendance
1.2.5.2 Safety Round
1.2.5.3 Coordination with Watchkeeping personnel
1.2.5.4 Company, Master Standing orders and Daily Bridge orders
1.2.5.5 Calling Master
1.2.6 Responsibilities of Navigation officer
1.3 Look Out Responsibilities

2.0 NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY and BRIDGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

2.1 Bridge Organization
2.2 Composition of the Navigational watch
2.3 Reassessing manning levels during voyage
2.4 Look out
2.5 The Bridge Team
2.6 The Bridge Team and the Master (Master on the Bridge )
2.7 Bridge Team and Pilot
2.8 Changing of the Watch (Handover)
2.9 Prevention of Fatigue, Task Stress, Fitness of Duty of Bridge Team Members
2.10 Communication and Language
2.11 Prevention of Distraction Caused by Electronic Devices
2.12 Non-Essential Materials
2.13 Complacency
2.14 Human Error & Situation Awareness

3.0 PASSAGE PLANNING and APPRAISAL & EXECUTION AND MONITORING

3.1 PASSAGE PLANNING and APPRAISAL
3.1.1 Responsibility of Passage Planning
3.1.2 Principles of Passage Planning
3.1.2.1 Appraisal
3.1.2.2 Charts and Publication
3.1.2.3 voyage risk assessment
3.1.3 Passage Planning
3.1.4 Ship’s Routing
3.1.5 Weather Routing Service
3.1.6 Ship Reporting Systems
3.1.7 VTS / Vessel Traffic Services
3.1.8 Filling of Passage Plan
3.1.9 The Terms Use in Passage Planning
3.1.9.1 No Go Areas
3.1.9.2 Margins of Safety
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3.1.9.3 Way Points

3.1.9.4 Position Fixing and Fix Intervals
3.1.9.5 Celestial Position Fixing
3.1.9.6 GPS Position Fixing
3.1.9.7 Radar Position Fixing
3.1.9.8 Visual Bearings and Position Fixing
3.1.9.9 Landfall Targets and Lights
3.1.9.10 Parallel Index
3.1.9.11 Abort Point
3.1.9.12 Contingencies
3.1.9.13 UKC and Safe Distance
3.1.9.14 Squat
3.1.9.15 Confined Waters
3.1.9.16 Ocean Passage, Open Sea Passage, Coastal Water passage Definitions
3.2 EXECUTION AND MONITORING
3.2.1 Execution
3.2.1.1 ETA’s
3.2.1.2 Plan Modification
3.2.1.3 Additional Person and Fatigue
3.2.1.4 Briefing
3.2.1.5 Bridge Preparation
3.2.2 Monitoring
3.2.2.1 Visual Monitoring Techniques (Leading Lines, Transits and Heading Marks)
3.2.2.2 Radar Monitoring Techniques
3.2.2.3 Checking Vessel Position From Echo Sounder
3.2.2.4 Cross Track Error
3.2.2.5 Look Out
3.2.2.6 Navigational Warnings
3.2.2.7 International Regulations for Preventing Collision at Sea

4.0 ARRIVAL / DEPARTURE PROCEDURES

4.1 Estimated Times of Arrival / Departure (ETA/ETD)
4.2 Anchors
4.3 Mooring and Anchor Station
4.4 Preparation for Manoeuvre
4.5 Procedure for Testing Steering Gear

5.0 PILOTAGE
5.1 Responsibilities
5.2 Resting Of Bridge Team
5.3 Preparations for Pilot Boarding
5.4 Master/Pilot Information Exchange
5.5 Use of Bridge Equipment During Pilotage
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5.6 Monitoring the Pilot's Activities

5.7 Berthing / Unberthing
5.8 Complaints or Accidents involving Pilots
5.9 Non Compulsory Pilotages
5.10 Compulsory Pilotage
5.11 Baltic Sea Routing Restrictions and Pilotage requirements

6.0 NAVIGATION IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS and AREAS

6.1 Navigation in restricted visibility
6.2 Navigation in Heavy Weather
6.3 Navigation in Heavy Traffic and TSS
6.4 Transiting from the Congested Areas
6.5 Navigation in Coastal or Restricted Waters
6.6 Navigation in Ice

7.0 NAVIGATION IN ICE

7.1 General
7.2 Passage Planning
7.2.1 Appraisal
7.2.2 Planning
7.2.3 Execution
7.2.4 Monitoring
7.3 Where Ice Conditions Expected
7.4 Approaching Ice
7.5 Entering Ice
7.6 Navigation in Coastal Waters in Ice
7.7 Navigation in or near Ice
7.8 Possible Hull Damage
7.9 Navigation in Ice at Restricted Visibility and at Night Time
7.10 Sailing in convoy with Icebreaker Assistance
7.11 Towing Procedures
7.11.1 Towing Arrangement
7.11.2 Emergency Towing Arrangement
7.12 Bridge Equipment
7.13 Anchoring

8.0 ANCHORING
8.1 General
8.2 Precautions for Anchoring
8.3 Preparation for Anchoring
8.4 Anchor Watch
8.5 Securing of Anchor
8.6 Anchorage at Adverse Weather and Sea Conditions
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8.7 Checking Anchors at Sea

8.8 Immobilization at Anchor
8.9 Open Sea Anchorage
8.10 Limitations of the Anchoring System

9.0 BRIDGE EQUIPMENT

9.1 Radar
9.1.1 Difference of X Band and S band Radar
9.1.2 Good Radar Practice
9.1.3 Radar Trial Manoeuvring
9.1.4 Parallel Indexing
9.2 AIS
9.2.1 Caution
9.2.2 Objective of AIS
9.2.3 Description of AIS
9.2.4 AIS Information Sent by Ships
9.2.5 Short Safety Related Messages
9.2.6 Operation of AIS
9.2.7 Inherent Limitation of AIS
9.2.8 Use of AIS in Collision Avoidance Situations
9.3 VDR
9.3.1 Simplified VDR
9.3.2 VDR Back up
9.4 Steering Gear and Auto Pilot
9.4.1 Testing of Steering Gear
9.4.2 Use of Steering Gear
9.4.3 Auto Pilot
9.4.4 Off Course Alarm
9.5 Compass System
9.5.1 Magnetic Compass
9.5.2 Gyro Compass
9.5.3 Compass Errors
9.6 Speed Log
9.7 Echo Sounder
9.8 GPS and DGPS
9.9 BNWAS
9.10 Navtex
9.11 Navigational Lights and Signalling Lights
9.12 Course Recorders
9.13 Sound and Fog Signals
9.14 Main Propulsion Control System, Bridge Control System and Engine Room Operating under
UMS Conditions
9.14.1 General
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9.14.2 Shaft Alternators

9.14.3 Testing of Critical Systems in Restricted waters
9.15 ECDIS and Electronic Chart System
9.15.1 ECDIS
9.15.2 ENC Charts
9.15.3 Raster chart format electronic charts
9.15.4 Display base
9.15.5 Standard display
9.15.6 Licence period
9.15.7 Guidance on benefits and limitations of ECDIS
9.15.8 Loading/updating charts (loading base cd) and chart corrections
9.15.9 Chart permits
9.15.10 Temporary and preliminary corrections
9.15.11 Navigational warning messages
9.15.12 Use of official and unofficial chart data on the onboard
9.15.13 Chart accuracy - zones of confidence and datum
9.15.14 Day and night time display settings
9.15.15 ECDIS alarms handling
9.15.16 Cpa and Tcpa alarms
9.15.17 Usage band on ECDIS
9.15.18 Company training requirement for ECDIS
9.15.19 Execution and monitoring of passage planning
9.15.20 Speed alterations
9.15.21 Way points and radius of turn
9.15.22 Layering information on ECDIS
9.15.23 Safety checks
9.15.24 Manual correction of a ship’s position and motion parameters
9.15.25 ECDIS integrity
9.16 Manoeuvring Characteristics

10.0 CHARTS, PUBLICATIONS AND CORRECTIONS

10.1 Responsible Officer
10.2 Paper Charts, ENC cells and Publications
10.3 ADP (Admiralty Digital Publications)
10.4 Cancelled Charts, ENC Cells and Publications
10.5 A Guide to Identifying Genuine Admiralty Products
10.6 Charts and Publication Corrections
10.7 Admiralty Digital Chart Catalogue
10.8 Navigational Warnings
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APPENDIXES

11.0 Appendix 01Ecdis Using Instructions

01. I Fruno ECDIS

02. II Transas ECDIS

03. III JRC ECDIS

04. IV Sperry marine ECDIS

05. V Maris ECDIS

06. VI kelvin Hughes ECDIS

07. VII Martek ECDIS

12.0 Appendix 02 ECDIS Requirements

01. Turkish Flag Requirements

02. Malta flag requirements

03. MSC 232(82)

04. Fleet Vessel Navihation System

13.0 Appendix 03 Electronic Corrections&Updates

01. ADP Updates

02. Admiralty Digital Chart Catalog

03. AVCS Online Usage

04. Chartworld User Guide

14.0 Appendix 04 Manual Corrections&Navigational Warnings& Records Guidence

01. All Manual Corrections

02. Bridge Logs

03. GMDSS Check List and Records

15.0 Appendix 05 Posters

01. NAVIGATION day and Night Signals

02. NAVIGATION Colreg Sound Signals

03. NAVIGATION Lights

04. Master Standing Orders

16.0 Appendix 06 HRA Assessment

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17.0 Appendix 07 Bridge Critical Alarm List