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Inside this issue

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

Reviewing the situationLack of situational awareness can leave you high and dry - as Sam Pecota MNI knows from experience.

Positions, Please!- The Navigator examines the different positioning methods out there and asks what benefits each of them have to offer – and what pitfalls need to be avoided

WATCHOUT - Complacency and distraction leads to grounding-In this series, we take a look at maritime accident reports and the lessons that can be learned.

Who's navigating?-Shaping dreams into reality In this series, The Navigator speaks to current navigational personnel about their motivations, careers to date and thoughts for the future. Under the spotlight this issue is Company Cadet Training Officer, Eldine Chilembo.

WAYPOINT - How do you solve a problem like positioning?- Dr Andy Norris, an active Fellow of The Nautical Institute and the Royal Institute of Navigation, asks why positioning is still such a problem to the modern navigator.

Take 10- This issue of take 10 The Navigator has looked at positioning at sea. Here are ten points to take away from this issue to help ensure this important subject stays top of everyone’s list of priorities.

 

09 Feb 2024

Who's navigating? From Dynamic Positioning to marine consultancy

Tow Master and Marine Consultant Tom Feakins discusses the career opportunities that his DP training has given him

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09 Feb 2024

Take 10: Issue 35

Dynamic positioning offers many exciting career opportunities. Read on for ten key insights into this take 10 highly skilled area of operations.

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09 Feb 2024

All at Sea - The Navigator Issue 35

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09 Feb 2024

What is Dynamic Positioning?

Qasim Masood AFNI, Head of Qualifications Marine and Offshore at The Nautical Institute, looks at the technology behind Dynamic Positioning and explores the seven components that allows it to function.

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09 Feb 2024

How Dynamic Positioning helps offshore vessels remain stable and safe

Qasim Masood AFNI, Head of Qualifications Marine and Offshore at The Nautical Institute, examines the wide variety of ships, support vessels and specialist craft that use Dynamic Positioning to ensure their safety in the offshore oil and gas industry

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09 Feb 2024

WATCHOUT - DP system failure on diving support vessel leads to serious incident

In this series, we take a look at maritime accident reports and the lessons that can be learned

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09 Feb 2024

WAYPOINT : Taking back control

George Shaw from the Royal Institute of Navigation looks at feedback control systems in DP and asks what safety lessons can be learned from the marine and aviation sectors when it comes to their use

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28 Sep 2023

WAYPOINT - ‘Applying Information Safely’ – an alternative meaning for AIS

George Shaw from the Royal Institute of Navigation looks at how to use AIS safely and explores some of the risks that must be overcome to ensure its ongoing value

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28 Sep 2023

Who's navigating? The right place at the right time

Marine Pilot Jason Rebello AFNI talks about his life as a pilot in Western Australia and how AIS forms an integral part of his role, from both a pilotage and VTS perspective

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