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Na

v

i

g

ation Standards and E

q

ui

pm

ent

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

5

0

5

4 D

escri

p

tion

4

.1 Na

v

i

g

ational standards and audits

T

he

i

nternat

i

ona

l

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

standards

are

set

by

I

M

O

throu

g

h

i

nstruments

such

SOL

A

S,

C

OLR

E

G

and

ST

C

W. O

ther

or

g

an

i

sat

i

ons

such

as

the

I

nternat

i

ona

l

Chamber

of

S

h

i

pp

i

n

g

(I

C

S),

the

I

nternat

i

ona

l

M

ar

i

ne

Contractors

A

ssoc

i

at

i

on

(I

M

C

A

),

the

N

aut

i

ca

l I

nst

i

tute and

the

Oil

Com

p

an

i

es

I

nternat

i

ona

l

M

ar

i

ne

F

orum

(O

C

I

M

F)

p

rov

i

de

a

va

l

uab

l

e

i

n

p

ut

to

the

safety of

nav

i

g

at

i

on

and

i

ndustry best

p

ract

i

ces

.

T

he ma

i

ntenance

of

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

standards

and

conduct

i

n

g

of

aud

i

ts

shall

be

carr

i

ed

out

by

su

i

tab

l

y

q

ua

li

f

i

ed

and e

x

p

er

i

enced

p

erson

(

s

) . T

hose

p

ersons

i

nvo

l

ved

shall

have

cons

i

derab

l

e

e

x

p

er

i

ence

i

n

a

sen

i

or

p

os

i

t

i

on

,

Master

or

C

hie

f Off

icer

.

T

he

Master /

Op

erations Mana

g

er

res

p

ons

i

b

l

e

for

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

standards

(

or

h

i

s

/

her

des

i

g

nated

re

p

resentat

i

ve

)

shall

re

g

u

l

ar

l

y rev

i

e

w

nav

i

g

at

i

on

p

ract

i

ces

/p

rocedures

throu

g

h

aud

i

t

re

p

orts

,

p

l

us

any

i

nformat

i

on

from

i

nde

p

endent

i

ns

p

ect

i

ons

.

H

e

/

she

shall

k

ee

p

fu

ll

y

u

p

to

date

w

i

th the

l

atest

l

e

g

i

s

l

at

i

on

and

w

i

th

best

i

ndustry

p

ract

i

ces

. T

h

i

s

i

nformat

i

on

shall

be d

i

ssem

i

nated throu

g

h

re

g

u

l

ar

commun

i

cat

i

ons

w

i

th

the

Com

p

any

and

Masters

.

H

e

/

she

shall

use

a

ll

data

g

athered

to

ensure

the

ma

i

ntenance

of

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

standards

.

A

n

i

nterna

l

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

aud

i

t

shall

be

p

erformed

by

the

vesse

l

master

dur

i

n

g

each

tour

of

duty

,

us

i

n

g

the

form

BOS Navigation Audit

.

F

orma

l,

recorded

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

aud

i

t

by

the

Com

p

any

and

Master

shall

be

carr

i

ed

out

at

l

east

annua

ll

y

,

i

nters

p

ersed

bet

w

een

shore

based

p

ersonne

l

and

/

or

i

nde

p

endent

i

ns

p

ect

i

ons:

a

standard

q

uest

i

onna

i

re

,

w

h

i

ch

i

nc

l

udes

com

p

any

s

p

ec

i

f

i

c

re

q

u

i

rements

,

shall

be

used

. T

he

aud

i

t

shall

be

recorded

and

an

aud

i

t

re

p

ort

w

i

th

the

q

uest

i

onna

i

re

,

s

i

g

ned

by

the

Master

,

shall

be

f

il

ed

onboard

and

co

p

i

es

sent

to

the Com

p

any

’

s

Op

erations Mana

g

er

.

A

nother

one

shall

be

carr

i

ed out

by a

shore base

p

ersonne

l

at

l

east annua

ll

y

.

M

oreover

a

su

i

tab

l

y

q

ua

li

f

i

ed

i

nde

p

endent

surveyor

w

ill

conduct

a

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

aud

i

t

at

l

east

annua

ll

y

to

chec

k

the

g

enera

l

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

com

p

etence

.

I

n

rea

l

terms

,

the

Master

shall

cont

i

nua

ll

y mon

i

tor

the

standard

of

nav

i

g

at

i

on

on

a

da

il

y

bas

i

s

throu

g

h

(

for

e

x

am

p

l

e

)

chec

k

s

on

chart

correct

i

on

,

and

the adherence

to

p

assa

g

e

p

l

ans

.

A

ct

i

on

p

o

i

nts

from

a

ll

aud

i

ts

and

i

ns

p

ect

i

ons

shall

be

fo

ll

o

w

ed

u

p

and

mon

i

tored

by

the

Op

erations

Mana

g

er

.

4

.

2

Na

v

i

g

ational e

q

ui

pm

ent

T

he

nav

i

g

at

i

on

e

q

u

i

p

ment

re

q

u

i

rement

i

s

i

n

g

enera

l

terms

de

p

endent

on

sh

i

p

ty

p

e

,

serv

i

ce

and

g

ross

tonna

g

e

.

R

e

g

ard

l

ess

of

w

hether

a

vesse

l

/

un

i

t

i

s

re

q

u

i

red

by

l

e

g

i

s

l

at

i

on

to

carry

s

p

ec

i

f

i

c

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

e

q

u

i

p

ment

, i

f

e

q

u

i

p

ment

i

s

f

i

tted

,

then

i

t

shall

be

o

p

erat

i

ona

l. S

uch

e

q

u

i

p

ment may be

a

course

recorder

,

off

-

course

a

l

arm

,

voya

g

e

data

recorder

,

e

l

ectron

i

c

chart

d

i

s

p

l

ay

or

en

g

i

ne

order

l

o

gg

er

/p

r

i

nter

,

etc

. R

andom

chec

k

s

shall

be

made

to ensure

that

e

q

u

i

p

ment

i

s

o

p

erat

i

ona

l.

T

he

nav

i

g

at

i

on

e

q

u

i

p

ment

shall

be

ma

i

nta

i

ned

i

n

accordance

w

i

th

the

manufacturers

’ i

nstruct

i

ons

and

records

k

e

p

t

for

ver

i

f

i

cat

i

on

.

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on

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date:

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document

w

hen

p

r

i

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.

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re

p

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p

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by:

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p

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resentat

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