PLANNING - ON CHART

1. Mark out No go Areas

2. Mark out the Isolated dangers
3. Tentative Course
4. Courses And Distances Written
5. Course Alteration (Beam Bearings Preferable) – Waypoint details
6. Position Fixing Interval
7. Primary means of Position fixing
8. Secondary means of Position fixing
9. Next Chart Marked
10. Caution Highlighted
11. Sounding Monitoring Marked
12. Advise To Referring Of A Publication Or A Chart Marked
13. Parallel Index
14. Wheel Over Positions Marked
15. Clearing Bearings Noted
16. Raising Dipping Distances Marked
Distance Calculation

- Mark Position Where

+ To Remove Anchor Lashing
+ To Notify E/Room
+ To Call Extra Lookout / Duty Officer / AB
+ To Call Anchor Stations
+ To Call Fore & Aft Mooring Station
+ To Start Checking Controls / Equipment
+ To Call Master
+ To Call Port Control / Pilots
+ Anchorage Areas available enroute
 PLANNING – ON VOYAGE PLAN SHEET

A. NORMAL PLANNING

1. Port, Pilot, VTMS : Vhf Channels / Procedures / Reporting

2. Agents: Name and Contact Details, PIC.
3. Arr. / Dep. Port Tidal Predictions
4. Total Cargo, IMO Cargo, Deck & Hold Cargo
5. Way Pt. Number, Course, Distance, Distance To Go
6. Chart List with Edition And Latest Correction Updated
7. Tidal Streams
8. Meteorological Conditions Expected
9. Bunker Calculations
10. Stress Calculation & Stability Results
11. Arr. / Departure Drafts – Estimated / Actual
12. Parallel Indexing Details
13. Remarks from Routeing Charts / Ocean Passages of the World / Sailing Directions, Etc.
14. Pollution Requirement
15. Any Other Special Remarks / Notes Relating To Navigation / Safety / Pollution
Prevention / ISPS
16. Any Special Instructions By Owners / Shippers / Charterers / Ocean Routes

B. CONTINGENCY PLANNING

1. Navigational deviations
2. Loss of speed due weather
3. Loss of speed due engine breakdown
4. Safety / rescue based deviation
5. Breakdown in crucial areas
6. In which direction the vessel would drift when stopped.
7. Time available before anchoring or anchoring at spoil ground