VOYAGE INSTRUCTIONS

1 CONFIRM DESTINATION ESTABLISH ROUTE CALCULATE DISTANCES NOTIFY

MASTER

Ensure all relevant sources of information are available

Gather information from, previous
passage plans, Radio navigational Collect cargo information, Use VMS
warnings, notice to mariners, old draught of ship, vessel data checklists for
APPRAISAL Collate Company, Masters passage plans, other navigating voyage

2
& RISK & charterers instructions officers planning
ASSESSMENT

Ensure all charts; publications are up to date and available

Identify danger Lay off course Mark relevant
areas / hazards and lines well clear of and additional
If largest scale mark on charts dangers and information on
Select charts and charts not on board, (Conduct risk hazards the chart
ensure they are up to they must be assessment for
PLANNING
3 date and corrected ordered identified hazards

No go areas, wheel over position, Margin of safety, chart change points, tides/currents, distance off dangers , course alterations,
parallel indexing, Arpa mapping, waypoints, aborts & contingencies, position fixing intervals and means of fixing, Radar
conspicuous objects and visual nav aids
OBTAIN MASTERS APPROVAL FOR THE PLAN

Consider traffic Allocate resources

Establish departure conditions, day/night for bridge team
time and calculate
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passage, rest hours, management via the Initiate voyage
EXECUTION ETA’s readiness of the ship Master
to commence passage

Organise bridge Prepare for arrival,

Continuously monitor Prepare deviation team meetings make anchor or Debrief after
progress of ship along plans if required before transit in berthing plan completion of
MONITORING
5 planned track high risk areas voyage

VOYAGE PLANNING FLOW CHART