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Here is What a brilliant Passage plan on ECDIS Looks Like

We have come a long way since ECDIS was brought into our lives.

In the initial days we were just struggling to keep the ENCs updated on ECDIS.

But that is the thing of the past. Most of us know this drill at the back of hands now.

And I have covered quite a few of articles on updating and keeping the ENCs up to date.

Even during the third party inspections, the inspectors are now focussing on the ECDIS in detail.

As even they consider that the period for amateur questions on the ECDIS is over.

One of the area that now require detailing is the passage planning on ECDIS.

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Comments (42)

MD HARUN OR RASHID April 11, 2023

Thanks for sharing sir g! Even though it just basic article also fruitful for new beginner

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Shiful Islam December 17, 2022

Dear sir good day, can you please write an article regarding Mandatory and voluntary ships reporting system.

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AdiH October 11, 2022

At point 4. NO GO Areas - correct Shallow Water Contour / Shallow Contour and write Safety Contour to avoid confusions. If you cross Shallow Contour, you are aground. You can cross Safety Contour if you are aware of the Safety Depth.

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Anurag Shukla December 16, 2021

Hi sir...hope u remeber me...hope u have forgotten me as it has been a very long time...anyways sir...in ECDIS do we still need to plot NLT and NMT...

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Johnny December 1, 2021

Sir, i would like to ask, now i experience that on ecdis the vessel is on course line, but below it indicates that XTD is 1.0nm off Stbd? What do i need to check?

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Rajat Bhardwaj October 17, 2021

Nice article , thank you sir

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james July 13, 2021

good day sir! thanks to you better world has made on maritime! it is out of topic! but im so curious about the amended passage planing procedure. all passage plans are have been made berth to berth. what if modifications are made during the voyage? do i have to create all waypoints that already passed before? i think amended passage plan should be made from clsoest waypoint to berth. i cant find any instruction about this on B.P.G, B.T.M. etc... can you tell me where can i find details among the international rules or guidance

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Zayn Anderson June 28, 2021

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Sunny June 6, 2021

Dear sir i have some queries 1. What is arrival radius in Ecdis and how much we should keep? 2. Shall we keep XTL limits more or less...like for open sea We can keep 1 mile or 0.50 miles also, how to decide what we should keep?? 3. In ECDIS in rta format WOL is already marked but in route with file rtn, arrival radius is given ...so first explain which format we should use and why? And if we use rtn format where arrival radius is given so in that case we nees to mark WOL by user map???

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Athanasia Andromanetsikou March 12, 2021

I would like to ask if in the ECDIS can we calculate the great circle route ?

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Allen Ray Pojas September 30, 2020

Thank you sir. Your blog is very informative and well delivered, also we share same type of ECDIS so it's been a great help. :D

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Krishna July 12, 2020

(1) Can anyone explain me step by step how to do the monthly back up of ecdis? (2) How to send the test message in SATCOM and also "RCC drill" format . Because when i am sending the test message in the ship email id it showing the status "Delivered" , but really i am not receiving any test message. say how i can solve this issue? please help

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Krishna July 12, 2020

why it is showing all the time Warning (UNACK:1) Cause: STW and the othere warning is Cause: Position(GPS1) not Differential

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Bogdan Manea April 21, 2020

Good article sir. Wheel over and turn radius should be taken more into consideration. People forget that they are not escorted by tugboats from port to port and sometimes create passage plans with ROT 40° by not editing turn radius or speed

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Akhil vikram singh March 16, 2020

Dear sir Good day This blog is very help full for us thank-you so much sir . Kindly any one may send this blog in PDF on my email ID singh.Akhil627@gmail.com

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jake October 8, 2019

we could cross safety contours provided we follow methods 1 or 2. it is the safety depth that we need to be wary of.

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Anil Kumar Singh September 27, 2019

Very insightful description. However, are the ECDIS units required t be independent of each other? If, so then position fixing and other changes have to be carried out on both separately which takes time and focus away from watchkeeping. If not, then tendency is, not to verify that the other unit is updated accordingly...Pls clarify......

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Mosarof Hossain July 26, 2019

Dear Sir, thanks for the nice article in this wonderful website. One small thing I would like to mention though. Those sharing options (Fb, tweeter etc.) are overlapping the article and obstructing the view. Would you kindly relocate them?

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Sayantan Bera July 16, 2019

Dear Sir , good question.

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OZAN TEKIN June 29, 2019

Dear Capt Rajeev Jassal, First of all I appreciate with you kind consideration regarding this education articles. I have started to read all of them one by one with caution. Regarding this article as a Second officer who learnt navigation on ECDIS , I want to mention that we need to call 'Position Verification" rather than calling position intervals or fixing anymore. Due to real time navigation option of ECDIS we dont need to think or verify the current ship position continuously. Checking HDOP of GPS every 15 min while doing coastal navigation which can be supported by Radar fixes and PI's will be more than enough to clarify ships position.

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About Capt Rajeev Jassal

Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.