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Standin

g

Orders

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

5

01

4

D

escri

p

tion

Master

’

s

Standing Orders shall

be

w

r

i

tten

to

ref

l

ect

the

Master

’

s s

p

ec

i

f

i

c

re

q

u

i

rements

and

c

i

rcumstances

p

art

i

cu

l

ar

to

the

sh

i

p

,

s

p

ec

i

f

i

c

o

p

erat

i

ons

and

the e

x

p

er

i

ence

of

the br

i

d

g

e

team

.

T

he

C

hie

f

E

n

g

ineer

shall

be

res

p

ons

i

b

l

e

to

the

Master

for

estab

li

sh

i

n

g

the

C

hie

f

E

n

g

ineer

’

s

S

tand

i

n

g

O

rders and ensur

i

n

g

that

they

are

fo

ll

o

w

ed

. T

hey

shall

i

nc

l

ude

s

p

ec

i

f

i

c dut

i

es

and res

p

ons

i

b

ili

t

i

es

of

p

ersonne

l i

n

the En

g

i

ne

D

e

p

artment

i

nc

l

ud

i

n

g

En

g

i

ne

R

oom

p

rocedures as

a

pp

li

cab

l

e

.

4

.1 Standin

g

N

avi

g

ational Orders

T

he

fo

ll

o

w

i

n

g

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

Standing Orders

are

a

pp

li

cab

l

e at

a

ll

t

i

mes

dur

i

n

g

a

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

w

atch:

x

T

he

s

p

eed

and

course of the

vesse

l

shall

be

ada

p

ted

to

the

env

i

ronment

ta

ki

n

g

fu

ll

y

i

nto account

any

p

oss

i

b

l

e

hazards

such

as

other

traff

i

c

and

the

p

ro

xi

m

i

ty

of

f

ix

ed

ob

j

ects

,

w

ater

de

p

th

,

ava

il

ab

l

e

sea

-

room

,

v

i

s

i

b

ili

ty and

p

reva

ili

n

g w

eather

cond

i

t

i

ons

;

x

T

he

Watch O

ff

icer

shall

rema

i

n

p

resent

on

the

br

i

d

g

e

dur

i

n

g

any

ass

i

g

ned

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

w

atch

p

er

i

od and may not

l

eave

the

p

ost unt

il

du

l

y

re

li

eved

;

x

I

f

the

Master

i

s

p

resent

on

the

br

i

d

g

e

dur

i

n

g

an

ass

i

g

ned

duty

p

er

i

od

,

the

Watch O

ff

icer

rema

i

ns

res

p

ons

i

b

l

e

for

the

safe

nav

i

g

at

i

on

and

a

ll

other

w

atch

k

ee

p

i

n

g

dut

i

es

unt

il

he

or

she

i

s

s

p

ec

i

f

i

ca

ll

y

i

nformed

by

the

Master

that

he

or

she

i

s

re

li

ev

i

n

g

them

and

assum

i

n

g

the

duty

. I

n

such

cases

,

the

norma

l

hand

over

rout

i

ne

shall

be

p

ro

p

er

l

y

p

erformed

p

r

i

or

to

the

Watch O

ff

icer

de

p

art

i

n

g

the

w

hee

l

house

;

x

I

f

the

Master

ta

k

es

command

,

th

i

s

shall

be

noted

i

n

the

vesse

l l

o

g

boo

k.

T

he

Watch O

ff

icer

shall

:

x

M

a

i

nta

i

n

a

cont

i

nuous

state

of

v

i

g

il

ance

by

s

i

g

ht

and

hear

i

n

g

us

i

n

g

a

ll

ava

il

ab

l

e

means

and

resources

ada

p

ted

to

p

reva

ili

n

g

c

i

rcumstances

and

cond

i

t

i

ons

and

not

underta

k

e

any

other

tas

k

that

m

i

g

ht d

i

stract h

i

m

or

her

from

ensur

i

n

g

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

safety

;

x

Ensure

the

l

oo

k

outs

rema

i

n

eff

i

c

i

ent

and

that

i

n

do

i

n

g

so

,

ma

xi

mum

attent

i

on

i

s

g

i

ven

to

constant

observat

i

on of

the

surround

i

n

g

areas

by both

s

i

g

ht and

hear

i

n

g

;

x

F

u

ll

y

eva

l

uate

a

ll

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

s

i

tuat

i

ons

and

any

r

i

s

k

of

co

lli

s

i

on

,

g

round

i

n

g

and

other

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

hazards

. B

y

f

ixi

n

g

the

vesse

l’

s

p

os

i

t

i

on

on

the

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

chart at

re

g

u

l

ar

i

nterva

l

s

;

x

P

os

i

t

i

on

f

ix

es

,

w

herever

p

oss

i

b

l

e

,

shall

be made by us

i

n

g

t

w

o or more methods

;

x

P

os

i

t

i

on

f

ix

es

shall

i

nc

l

ude

ta

ki

n

g

re

g

u

l

ar

bear

i

n

g

s

of

f

ix

ed

nav

i

g

at

i

on mar

k

s

, l

and mar

k

s

or

s

i

m

il

ar

,

p

erform

i

n

g

radar

p

l

ott

i

n

g

,

radar

p

ara

ll

e

l i

nde

xi

n

g

,

observ

i

n

g

de

p

th

sound

i

n

g

s

,

and

by

correct

l

y

us

i

n

g

other

e

l

ectron

i

c

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

a

i

ds

as may be

ava

il

ab

l

e

;

x

P

os

i

t

i

on

f

ix

es

should

be

chec

k

ed

for

accuracy a

g

a

i

nst

G

P

S i

nformat

i

on

;

x

B

e

fu

ll

y

a

w

are

of

the maneuver

i

n

g

ca

p

ab

ili

t

i

es

and

p

erformance

of

the

vesse

l

es

p

ec

i

a

ll

y

w

i

th

re

g

ard

to

steera

g

e

,

turn

i

n

g

and

sto

pp

i

n

g

d

i

stances

.

A

ll

maneuvers

shall

be made

i

n a

t

i

me

l

y

and

p

os

i

t

i

ve

fash

i

on

;

x

Ensure

that

the

vesse

l

d

i

s

p

l

ays

the

correct

day

sha

p

es

and

s

i

g

na

l

s

(

as

a

pp

li

cab

l

e

i

n

day

li

g

ht

)

and

nav

i

g

at

i

on

li

g

hts

i

n

dar

k

ness

or

dur

i

n

g

p

er

i

ods

of

reduced

v

i

s

i

b

ili

ty

and

that

any

re

q

u

i

red

sound

s

i

g

na

l

s

are

g

enerated as

p

er

COLREGS

19;

x

Chec

k

the

cont

i

nu

i

n

g

correct

funct

i

on

of

a

ll

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l li

g

hts

and

br

i

d

g

e

e

q

u

i

p

ment

i

nc

l

ud

i

n

g

but

not

li

m

i

ted

to:

rad

i

o

and

e

l

ectron

i

c

e

q

u

i

p

ment

,

radars

and

sound

i

n

g

e

q

u

i

p

ment

,

the

funct

i

on

of

contro

l

s

,

g

au

g

es

and

w

arn

i

n

g

systems

for mach

i

nery not

re

g

u

l

ar

l

y

chec

k

ed by

w

atch

k

ee

p

i

n

g p

ersonne

l;

x

A

dhere

str

i

ct

l

y

to

the

p

assa

g

e

p

l

an

and

chec

k

the

he

l

msman

or

automat

i

c

p

il

ot

i

s ma

i

nta

i

n

i

n

g

the

correct

and

des

i

red

course

.

A

ny

dev

i

at

i

ons

i

n

d

i

rect

i

on

or

s

p

eed

w

hether made

i

n

accordance

w

i

th

the

p

assa

g

e

p

l

an

or

d

i

ctated

by

p

otent

i

a

l

hazards

or

for

other

reasons

shall

be

recorded

i

n

the

br

i

d

g

e

l

o

g

boo

k;

x

Ensure

p

ermanent

rad

i

o

w

atch

k

ee

p

i

n

g

i

n

com

p

li

ance

w

i

th

a

ll

re

l

evant

re

g

u

l

at

i

ons

;

x

Chec

k

the

re

p

eaters

are

transm

i

tt

i

n

g

correct

i

nformat

i

on

i

n

re

l

at

i

on

to

the

Master

g

yrocom

p

ass

;

p

art

i

cu

l

ar

attent

i

on

should

be

p

a

i

d

to

any

com

p

ass

error

;

x

W

hen

us

i

n

g

any

e

l

ectron

i

c

chart

e

q

u

i

p

ment

re

g

u

l

ar

l

y

chec

k,

w

hen

p

oss

i

b

l

e

,

the

G

P

S

p

os

i

t

i

on

by

us

i

n

g

radar

or

other

ava

il

ab

l

e nav

i

g

at

i

on systems

.

V

ers

i

on

SF(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

5

01-

ver

.0

4

). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

01/0

6

/2012.

V

ers

i

on

date:

3

1/12/201

5

.

V

a

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on Q

M

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document

w

hen

p

r

i

nted

.

P

rocedure

p

re

p

ared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

p

erat

i

ons

.

App

roved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

p

erat

i

ons

.

V

a

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

e

p

resentat

i

ve

.

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