Ship&Offshore | Issue 06/2014
Use of radar overlay to improve navigation with ECDIS
FAILURE PREVENTION The step-by-step introduction of an ECDIS as mandatory equipment aboard sea vessels began in 2012 and will be completed by 2018. By that time navigators should be familiar with the fundamental principles of an ECDIS as part of an integrated shipboard navigational system and be able to react promptly to system malfunctions and/or failures, writes Vladimir Fadeev, senior developer at Jeppesen.