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Test Topic 5. Voyage Data Recorder.

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1. It used to record the technical performance and condition of an

aircraft, ex, position of rudders.

Voyage data recorder

Flight data recorder
Cockpit data recorder
Bridge data recorder

2. Letters CSM mean in relation to Voyage Data Recorder.

Crash safety module

Crash survival module
Crash service module
Crash carrier module

3. Cockpit voyage recorder records everything that is said in the

cockpit for a period of a minute before a crash.

60 minute
45 minute
 30 minute
15 minute

4. The ship instrument may be able to provide at least some of the

quick and detailed information which property and liability
insurers need,

VHF radio
Radar
Black box
Global positioning system

5. The ferry ship came in to berth in bad weather, due to a wrong

helm order given by the master the ship contacted and broke the
wharf concrete gutter, who is responsible the damage,

Ship owner
Ship captain
Ship pilot
Chief engineer

6. Who will benefit from the use of VDR?

Whole business industry

Whole shipping industry
Whole maritime authorities
Whole sector industry

7. Where part of an airplane a black box is normally carried?

After end of tail

Front cockpit nose
Baggage room
 Wing part of airplane

8. Fuselage of an aircraft is called,

Body
Tail
Cabin
Pilot cockpit

9. What is the color of black box carried by aircraft?

Color black
Color green
Color orange
Color pink

10. Some ships, mainly passenger ships have been required to

fit a VDR as from,

July 1, 2000
July 1, 2001
July 1, 2002
July 1, 2003

6 Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS)

Generals
The purpose of a bridge navigational watch alarm system is to monitor
bridge activity and detect operator disability which could lead to
marine accidents.
The system monitors awareness of the Officer of the Watch (OOW)
and automatically alerts the Master or another qualified person if for
any reason OOW becomes incapable of performing OOW's duties.
This purpose is achieved by series of indications and alarm to alert
first the OOW and, if he is not responding, then to alert Master or
another qualified person.

A second officer, soon after taking over the midnight watch, left the
bridge and descended two decks down to his cabin to get a jacket and
some cigarettes.
There was no lookout.
While in cabin, he decided to smoke a cigarette and thereafter fell off
to sleep.
Next, every one woke up at 0515 hrs when the ship had run hard
aground.
The second officer slept through the watch, no quarter call was given
to the chief officer, he slept through an intended 30 degrees alteration
and he also slept through the grounding.

Bridge navigational watch alarm system

A Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System,

abbreviated BNWAS, is an automatic system which sounds
an alarm if the watch officer on the bridge of a ship falls
asleep, becomes otherwise incapacitated, or is absent for too
long a time.

The BNWAS is automatically engaged when the

ship's autopilot is activated.[1]

The minimum requirement for a BNWAS under International

Maritime Organization standards is to have a dormant stage
and three alarm stages, except that on a non-passenger
vessel, the second stage may be omitted.[2]

Stage 1: When the autopilot is engaged, the bridge officer is

required to signal his presence to the BNWAS system every 3
[3]
to 12 minutes in response to a flashing light, either by
moving an arm in front of a motion sensor, pressing a
confirmation button, or directly applying pressure to the
BNWAS centre.

Stage 2: When a confirmation signal fails to occur within

15 seconds in Stage 1, an alarm will sound on the bridge, and
if there is still no confirmation signal after a further
[2]
15 seconds, in the captain's and the first officer's cabins.
One of them must then go to the bridge and cancel the alarm.

Stage 3: If neither the captain nor the first officer cancels the
alarm within a specified time period (between 90 seconds
and 3 minutes depending on the size of the vessel), an alarm
will sound in locations where other personnel are usually
[2]
available.
In addition an emergency call function may be provided, by
which bridge personnel can activate a Stage 2 or Stage 3
alarm to call for help.

IMO MSC.86 (May 2009) decided to make the BNWAS

mandatory for all ships of 150 GT and upwards, engaged in
international voyage, and passenger ships irrespective of
size, constructed on or after 1 July 2011, also engaged in
international voyage, shall be fitted with the BNWAS which
shall be in operation when the ship is underway at sea.
Ships constructed prior to 1st July 2011 will have to retrofit
the BNWAS by the 1st survey after that date.

Implementation schedule Navigational Watch Alarm System

(BNWAS)

The purpose of BNWAS (Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm

System) is to monitor bridge activity and detect operator
disability which could lead to marine accidents.
BNWAS monitors the watch officer's presence through watch
safety system functions.
A watch officer is required to press the button on a Timer
Reset Panel or to operate navigation equipment (e.g. ECDIS,
Radar, etc.) at certain intervals.
When the officer fails to press the button within pre-set
intervals, visual and audible alarms will be generated in the
wheelhouse.
If the officer doesn't respond to the alarm, the system
transfers the alarm to the Cabin Panels installed in other
sections of the vessel in order to inform backup officers of
the watch officer's incapacity.
Acknowledgement of the alarm is possible only in the
wheelhouse.
The backup officers have to come to the wheelhouse, grasp
the situation and take the necessary actions.
Once the alarm is acknowledged, the timer on the main panel
is reset and BNWAS will be brought back to the normal state.

Timer reset function and Visual indication

The timer reset may be facilitated by one of following means:

1. Pressing the reset button on the Main Panel/Timer

Reset Panel
2. Provoking the motion sensor
3. Initiate operation of various navigation equipment

For the motion sensor, it is critical to locate it in such a way

that it cannot be activated by the ships movements.
Thus, any curtains present on the bridge deck should not
come in the way of the sensor.

For first line of alert, in accordance with IMO Res.

MSC.128(75), sufficient number of visual indications (flashing
lights) must be installed and connected.
The visual indications should be visible from all operational
positions within the bridge where the OOW (Officer of the
Watch) may be stationed to perform his duties.
These positions are made up by, but not limited to, Conning
work station, Navigation support work station, steering work
station and 2 x docking work stations.

Operational modes
BNWAS should incorporate the following 3 operational
modes:

 Automatic: The BNWAS is automatically activated when

the vessel is navigating by means of heading or track
control system (autopilot/trackpilot), and inhibited as the
heading/track control system is deactivated.

 Manual ON: The BNWAS is always in operation

 Manual OFF: The BNWAS is turned off completely

Integrated bridge system (IBS)

An integrated bridge system (IBS) is defined as a

combination of systems which are interconnected in order to
allow centralized access to sensor information or
command/control from workstations, with the aim of
increasing safe and efficient ship's management by suitably
qualified personnel.

The term “integrated bridge” encompasses several possible

combinations of equipment and software designed
specifically for each individual vessel’s needs.
Therefore, each integrated bridge system is different.

The system below shows a possible situation for an

integrated bridge system.