ICS published the new edition of the Bridge Procedures Guide reflecting the rapid technological advances taking place in the shipping industry.
The guide provides crews “with the knowledge and confidence they need to deal with the digital transformation taking place within the world fleet.”
It specifically provides clear guidance on best practice approaches to watchkeeping that make safe and effective use of modern technology and embrace internationally agreed standards and recommendations adopted by the IMO.
At the cutting edge of these rapid developments is the bridge, and the new guide will help seafarers keep up with the latest best practice for bridge technologies designed for the digital age.
I’ve seen navigation equipment that I sailed with on display in Hamburg’s maritime museum. Now you walk onto the bridge and it’s like Star Wars
stated Nick Rich, BSM’s Group Technical Manager – Systems, adding that navigation has become so much more accurate and straightforward in many ways, “as officers have an incredible amount of information that guides their decision-making.”
In addition, Captain Simon Pelletier, President of the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA), mentioned that the environment in which pilots and bridge teams work is changing rapidly, making it essential to ensure ships’ officers on the bridge understand the latest systems and procedures.
Mariners can take it off the shelf in the middle of the ocean, go through a chapter and remind themselves about the fundamentals of the environment they work in
Recently, ICS signed a Partnership Agreement with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to support the decarbonisation of the shipping sector and its role in the transition towards a global energy sector based on renewables.
The partnership will provide a framework over the next two years for ICS and IRENA to assist with the decarbonisation of the shipping sector and the use of renewable technologies on this key sector of the global economy.
FIND ICS’S BRIDGE PROCEDURES GUIDE HERE
