Inside this issue
All @ Sea - What's next for The Navigator?
A Pilot's technology toolkit - Ports around the world are investing in digital technology for better safety and commercial outcomes.
Pilot Ladder Safety - Stairway to safety - This was, essentially, a two-week online survey, carried out by Pilots, of the ladders they are using. It covered thousands of boardings or disembarkations. Nick Cutmore, IMPA’s Secretary General, examines the findings
WATCHOUT - Safety on the ropes - In this series, we take a look at issues around maritime accidents and the lessons that can be learned. Captain Kevin Vallance MNI, licensed deep sea Pilot, looks at how sharing information online can lead to better rope ladder safety compliance
Who's navigating? - Nic Gardner talks about challenges, inspiration and experience throughout her career at sea – and what comes next
WAYPOINT - Look out for ladders - A pilot ladder is an outlier among safety equipment. As seafarers, we always inspect our safety equipment before trusting our lives to it; however, Pilots have no choice but to rely on pilot ladders that they can’t inspect before boarding. This leaves seafarers – both ratings and officers – responsible for Pilots’ lives
Take 10 - These top ten tips will help make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible
WATCHOUT - Remote control?
How remotely piloted aircraft are being used to help monitor compliance within restricted areas and reduce the risk of unwanted incidents
The Navigator statementA navigator’s guide to charting, classifying and understanding restricted areas
The UK Hydrographic Office explains how restricted areas are classified and charted on paper charts and ENCs
The Navigator statementWho's Navigating? STEER-ing the ship, charting the course
Ann Pletschke discusses her sea-based career and work ashore, researching the impact of technology on seafarers
The Navigator statementTake 10 #42: Understand, identify and navigate restricted areas at sea
Ten tips to help you understand, identify and navigate restricted areas
The Navigator statementNavBrief - The Navigator issue 42
Today’s seas are becoming more complex to navigate, not least due to increasing numbers of restricted areas. Knowing where they are and what to do about them could make all the difference for a safe and smooth journey
The Navigator statementRites of passage: Restricted areas and the planning process
Commodore Nick Nash FNI looks at how seafarers navigate restricted areas, moving between many overlapping areas across a single passage
The Navigator statementWAYPOINT - The digital data revolution
George Shaw AFNI from the Royal Institute of Navigation explains how digital maritime services are evolving to address higher demands on mariners’ situational awareness
The Navigator statementWork, rest and port calls
A fundamental skill for any navigator is the ability to maintain situational awareness and make good decisions, both in planning and in carrying out the voyage. That requires good training, and good maintenance and development of knowledge. It also needs sufficient physical and mental rest
The Navigator statementWAYPOINT - GNSS interference, workload and fatigue
Managing a new addition to the established workload – and what maritime regulation can learn from civil aviation
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