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All @ Sea - What's next for The Navigator?

Dealing with restricted visibility: What rule when? - Twenty years ago, The Nautical Institute published a survey that showed that there is often confusion over the sections of the Collision Regulations (Colregs) that apply in restricted visibility. The answer may seem straightforward enough - Rules 4-10, which always apply, plus Rule 19. However, the introduction of modern technology an autonomous vessels has added further layers to the question. The Nautical Institute has recently worked with the UK MCA to update their guidance. Here are some of the key points.

Looking beyond the fog? - Navigating in fog or other restricted visibility will never be pleasant, but familiarity with the vessel's procedures, capabilities and equipment will help make the process as safe as possible. Captain Tuuli Messer-Bookman AFNI, an experienced mariner and a professor at the California Maritime Academy in the USA, offers some advice on how to operate when visibilty is low.

WATCHOUT - Close encounter-how inadequate lookouts led to two ships colliding in foggy conditions

Who's navigating? Adventure and aspiration at sea - Chief Officer Sarker Mohiuddin Hasnat Lenin MNI shares how an early love of adventure stories inspired him to follow a career at sea

WAYPOINT - Looking into a future of one hundred eyes - George Shaw from the royal Institute of avigation looks into his crystal ball to explore how innovations in 'panoptic vision' and artificial intelligence might support mariners in the future in navigating areas of restricted visibility

Take 10 - Ten tips for handling restricted visibility at sea, maintaining a good lookout and operating within the relevant Colregs

 

29 Sep 2025

Take 10 #40: Managing GNSS

Ten top tips for managing GNSS – and the absence of it

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29 Sep 2025

WAYPOINT - Staying alert to jamming and spoofing

George Shaw from the Royal Institute of Navigation explores how GNSS can become vulnerable to jamming and spoofing and what mariners can do to stay on course

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29 Sep 2025

Who's Navigating? Sailing, shipping and building mutual respect

A love for life on the water led Third Officer Scarlett Barnett-Smith to pursue a rewarding career at sea

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29 Sep 2025

WATCHOUT - Loss of GPS leads to groundings, disruption and delay

In this series, we take a look at issues affecting the safety of mariners and the lessons that can be learned from incident reports and examples. The following case studies and analysis have been provided by Gard P&I Club

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29 Sep 2025

Taking action

Far from being a theoretical concern, recent incidents in geopolitical conflict zones have underscored the very real and immediate dangers posed by compromised global navigational satellite systems (GNSS).

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29 Sep 2025

GNSS jamming

GNSS such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou are key elements of positioning, navigation and timing. Their signals, however, can be affected not only by unintentional interference but also by intentional jamming. The growing reliance of ships on GNSS means that seafarers need to be aware of how GNSS jamming happens and how to detect it

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29 Sep 2025

NavBrief

Do you know where your ship is? Now imagine that the satellite navigation system has failed, and the position is now longer marked on the ECDIS – or is showing as somewhere the ship cannot possibly be. Now what happens?

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30 May 2025

Who's Navigating? Stepping outside the comfort zone

Deck cadet Chelsa Maria George Paul talks about her experiences at sea, her ambitions to rise through the ranks and her desire to be a good role model for women all over the world who want to build a career at sea.

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30 May 2025

WAYPOINT - Spotting whales from space?

Space and AI technologies are increasingly able to provide information that helps mariners plan routes to avoid whales at sea – but old-fashioned look-out skills are still needed. George Shaw from the Royal Institute of Navigation investigates further.

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