In line with STCW requirements, navigating officers are required to maintain competence in their watchkeeping routines and practices when using ECDIS. The ECDIS Procedures Guide, 2020 Edition provides a framework, as well as supporting background information and checklists, to aid officers in fulfilling these requirements. It helps companies implement best practices in the use of ECDIS on board their ships.
The 2020 Guide has been updated to reflect the latest software and procedural changes. In addition, the 2020 guide features:
1) ECDIS S-Mode was approved at IMO MSC session 101 in 2019
An introduction to the new S-Mode and software updates affecting all new and updated ECDIS systems from 2020 to 2024.
2) The new Inspection question banks for 2020 ECDIS Audits
2019 witnessed an increase in skill gaps highlighted through 1312 ECDIS reported observations and detentions worldwide. In particular was a rise in lack of understanding of Safety Contour, UKC/CATZOC and ECDIS cyber security vulnerabilities. The new Inspection question banks for 2020 can be found in Chapter 11.3. All ECDIS Operators should ensure they can practically demonstrate the questions they may be asked.
3) Complete Type Specific Familiarisation for all 21 Manufacturers updated for 2020
Type Specific Familiarisation checklists and full Type Specific manufacturer pull-out guides have been increased to encompass all the 21 main ECDIS manufacturers. This satisfies the Type Specific Familiarisation requirement for any ship equipped with:
• SAM Electronics
• Chartpilot 1100
• ChartWorld eGlobe G2
• Danelec Marine ECDIS DM800 G2
• JRC JAN2000/701/901
• PC MARITIME NAVMASTER ECDIS
• SIMRAD Maris ECDIS900 System
• Tokyo Keiki EC-7000-A-7500-A
• EC-8000-8500(-A) and 8100-8600 series
• TECDIS
• iXblue Gecdis-C
• Raytheon Anschutz ECDIS NX
• Raytheon Anschutz Synapsis ECDIS
• Totem ECDIS
• Furuno FEA
• Furuno FMD
• JRC JAN 9201/7201
• Kelvin Hughes Manta Digital Widescreen
• Kongsberg K-Bridge
• OSI ECPINS
• SAM Platinum
• Sperry VisionMaster
• Transas Navi 4000.
4) A simple guide to CATZOC reliability
Section 4.10 is dedicated to clarifying ENC accuracy, use of CATZOC and UKC policy on ECDIS. CATZOC and UKC accounted for 72 observations in 2019 alone.
5) An example of a full ECDIS Navigation Audit required by owners to evaluate SMS
The 2020 court judgment of the the CMA CGM Libra grounding was the first time that poor passage planning rendered a vessel as ‘unseaworthy’. Although the owners argued due diligence was provided by the SMS, the court deemed the lack of navigation understanding as a “non-delegable duty”. Regulation 12 of the ISM Code requires ship owners to carry out internal safety audits and to periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the SMS. To that end, the 2020 ECDIS Procedures Guide provides new sections 11.1 and 11.2 which give examples of a robust Safety Audit of a ship where ECDIS is the primary means of navigation.
6) The Transition to S-100
S-57 ENCs will be replaced by S101 and in 2020, several new layers have begun integration into ECDIS. Section 1.5 looks at their capabilities and discusses their safe integration.
7) ECDIS Procedures for Cyber security
ECDIS equipment and the connected Bridge Sensors appeared last year in 171 observations for Cyber Security concerns. This has been a consistent increase over the last 5 years. Therefore, to update the ECDIS Procedures Guide 2020, section 9.4 has been created with ECDIS procedures for cyber security.
8) Details of countries that include T&Ps in weekly updates
Observations still indicate that T&P and chart updates are still misunderstood on some ships. Section 4.13 lists at
the 42 countries that do update T&P ENCs weekly, and the 25 countries that do not.
9) AIO Version 2 update and ECDIS manufacturer Type Specific compatibility list
Section 4.4 offers guidance on the use of AIO V2 utilised by ships with AVCS charting. This update also updates the list of the 17 manufacturers that can work with AIO v2 from the UKHO in 2020.
10) Pre-Port Arrival – PSC ECDIS Preparation Activities (additional 30 minutes added)
Additional Support added to prepare ECDIS Operators for PSC inspection and for the latest practical demonstrations required based on common observations. There are now 14 pre-inspection activities that all ECDIS Operators are strongly advised to practise.
ECDIS Procedures Guide 2020 Edition Definitions List
Updates to the 2020 ECDIS Procedures Guide
Foreword
About the Author
About ECDIS Ltd
ECDIS Procedures Guide
1 Introduction
1.1 Use of ECDIS
1.2 Equipment
1.3 System Configuration and Maintenance
1.3.1 System Sensor and Local Sensor
1.3.2 Time Restrictions between System and Local Sensors
1.4 Performance Test Procedures for ECDIS
1.4.1 Introduction
1.4.2 Scope and Purpose
1.4.3 Background
1.4.4 Requirement
1.5 RCDS Mode and ENC Scales
1.5.1 The Transition to S-100
1.5.2 The Transition to S-Mode
1.6 Sensor Inputs
1.7 User Guide
1.7.1 Requirement for Awareness of Procedures
2 IHO S-52 4.0 Upgrade and Alarm Management
2.1 The S-52 4.0 Upgrade
2.2 Overview of Changes
2.2.1 Safety Depth Concerns
2.3 Error and Alarm Management
2.3.1 Operator Configured Alarms
2.3.2 System Alarms
2.4 Alarm/Warning/Indicator Defect Priority Table
2.5 Reference Guide to PL 4.0 Changes
2.5.1 Detection and Notification of Navigation Hazard
2.5.2 Standardised Automatic Update Symbols
2.5.3 Temporal Attributes Symbol
2.5.4 ECDIS Display Date Dependent Features
2.5.5 Ability to Turn ON/OFF Isolated Dangers in Shallow Water
2.5.6 Shallow Water Pattern
2.5.7 SCAMIN
2.5.8 Hover-over Function
2.5.9 Anchorage Area, Fairways, Nautical Publications
2.5.10 ECDIS Legend
2.5.11 ECDIS Chart 1
3 Overview of Generic and Type Specific Training
3.1 Generic ECDIS Training
3.2 Type Specific and Familiarisation Training
4 Use of ECDIS for Navigation
4.1 Over-Reliance on ECDIS
4.2 Cross-Checking ECDIS Position
4.3 Use of Radar Information Overlay (RIO)
4.4 The Admiralty Information Overlay (AIO) Version 2
4.4.1 Chart Spot-Checks
4.5 ECDIS Safety Functions
4.6 The Safety Depth
4.6.1 Spot Sounding Depths
4.7 Safety Contours
4.7.1 Crossing the Safety Contour
4.8 Look-ahead
4.9 SCAMIN
4.10 CATZOC
4.11 Man Overboard
4.12 RCDS Mode
4.13 T&P Update Status by Country in 2020
5 ECDIS Display Set-up
6 Route Planning
6.1 Route Planning Principles
6.2 Appraisal
6.3 Planning
6.3.1 Preparing ECDIS for Visual/RADAR Navigation
6.4 Route Creation
6.5 Route Checking
6.6 Execution – Final Adjustments Prior to Departure
6.7 Monitoring
6.8 Predictor
6.9 Anchor Watch Planning
6.10 NAVTEX
6.11 Importing and Exporting
7 Chart Updating
7.1 Licences and Permits
7.1.1 Pay as You Sail (PAYS)
7.2 Updating Charts
7.3 Manual Updates/Corrections
7.3.1 ‘No-Go’ Areas
7.4 Deleting Charts
7.5 Virus Protection
7.5.1 ECDIS Security
7.6 Software Updates
7.6.1 System Updates and Hardening
8 ECDIS Checklists
8.1 OOW Handover Checklist
8.2 Pre-Sailing Checklist
8.3 ECDIS Configuration Card
8.4 GNSS Failure
8.5 ECDIS Failure
8.6 ECDIS Cyber Security Checklist
9 Administration and Records
9.1 ECDIS Data Recording
9.2 Backup Procedure
9.3 Records
9.4 ECDIS Cyber Security Awareness
9.4.1 GNSS Vulnerabilities
9.4.2 Understanding and Monitoring GNSS in ECDIS
9.4.3 NAVTEX Vulnerabilities
9.4.4 SATCOM Vulnerabilities
9.4.5 Transferring Non-Secure Data to ECDIS and Auxiliary Equipment
9.4.6 Malware Passed onto ECDIS
10 ECDIS Skill Gaps
10.1 Introduction
10.2 ECDIS Observations – Independent Inspections
10.2.1 Comparison of Observations to Training Syllabus
10.3 ECDIS Non-Conformities and Detentions – PSC
10.3.1 Introduction
10.3.2 The Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Safety of Navigation, Including ECDIS (2017)
10.3.3 The Questions Asked During the Navigation CIC (that included ECDIS)
10.3.4 Navigation and ECDIS Related Observations and Detentions from the 2017 CIC
10.4 ECDIS Skill Gaps – Competency Assessment
10.5 Competence Check of ECDIS Operators
11
11.1 Navigation Audits
11.2 List of Integrated Equipment
11.3 Top 20 Questions Asked at Inspection (updated 2020)
Annexes
Annex A ECDIS Familiarisation Checklists
FURUNO FMD – Familiarisation Checklist
JRC 7201/9201 – Familiarisation Checklist
Kelvin Hughes Manta Digital Widescreen – Familiarisation Checklist
OSI – Familiarisation Checklist
SAM PILOT Platinum – Familiarisation Checklist
Sperry VisionMaster FT – Familiarisation Checklist
FURUNO FEA – Familiarisation Checklist
Kongsberg – Familiarisation Checklist
Transas Navi-Sailor – Familiarisation Checklist
Chartpilot 1100 - Familiarisation Checklist
eGlobe G2 - Familiarisation Checklist
Danelec - Familiarisation Checklist
iXblue Gecdis-C - Familiarisation Checklist
JRC 701B – 901B - Familiarisation Checklist
PC MARITIME NAVMASTER - Familiarisation Checklist
Raytheon Anschutz ECDIS NX - Familiarisation Checklist
Raytheon Anschutz SYNAPSIS ECDIS- Familiarisation Checklist
Maris ECDIS900 - Familiarisation Checklist
TECDIS - Familiarisation Checklist
Tokyo Keiki - Familiarisation Checklist
Totem ECDIS - Familiarisation Checklist
General Familiarisation Checklist
Annex B Type Specific ECDIS Course Content
Annex C Chart Spot-Check Log
Annex D Manual Corrections Log
Annex E Chart Update Log
Annex F ECDIS Alarms and Alerts
Annex G Type Specific Procedures for ECDIS Display Set-up
Annex H Pre-Port Arrival – PSC ECDIS Preparation Activities (120 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 1 – Anti-grounding Cone/Safety Frame/Look-Ahead (05 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 2 – Safety Contour and Safety Depth (05 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 3 – CATZOC (05 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 4 – Type Specific and Familiarisation Training (15 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 5 – Out of Date (not PL 4.0) (05 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 6 – Security/Cyber Risk (USB) (05 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 7 – Route Appraisal and Scan Route (10 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 8 – Route Planning (10 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 9 – SCAMIN (05 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 10 – Berth to Berth Planning (15 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 11 – Misunderstanding T&P and NAVTEX Integration (05 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 12 – Not Maintaining Suitable Chart Coverage (05 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 13 – Cyber security awareness of integrated ECDIS equipment (15 mins)
Pre-Inspection Activity 14 – Production of ‘No Go’ Areas (15 mins)
Annex I CIRM Guideline
Annex J Quick Reference Guide to Type Specific Manufacturers
References
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