Ship&Offshore | Issue 08/2012
Need for comprehensive training solutions
ECDIS Under the 2010 Manila amendments to the STCW Convention and Code, every officer sailing on a SOLAS vessel to which the ECDIS (electronic chart display and information system) carriage requirements apply will have to complete generic ECDIS training before 2017. Although the deadline may seem distant, experts urge shipping companies not to wait. Detailed information on the applicable national and international regulations during the transition period, set down both by the flag state and respective port states, is essential to perform the gap analysis identifying each company’s ECDIS training needs, writes Julie Ann Chan, maritime IT and communications correspondent.