Tag: The Navigator

Navigator Holdings Ltd. announces that, it entered into contracts to build two new 48,500 cubic meter capacity liquefied ethylene gas carriers with Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd. and China Shipbuilding Trading Co., Ltd., in China.

Understanding how navigational layers work and what benefits they provide is a crucial part of the navigator’s role. In its latest issued of 'The Navigator', The Nautical Institute focuses on navigational layers, as a means to support and enhance good decision-making. 

Navigator Holdings Ltd. recently achieved an environmental milestone following its firt carbon-neutral Handysize LPG voyage.

While poor watchkeeping, over reliance on GPS, fatigue, commercial pressure and distractions remain as major causes of shipping accidents, new technology inevitably leads to new ways to have accidents, argues David Patraiko, Director of Projects, The Nautical Institute, in the new issue of 'The Navigator'. 

The Nautical Institute issued its June edition of The navigator focusing on weather as a critical factor for safe navigation. The weather can make the difference between a prosperous or loss-making voyage, can cause injury to crew and passengers and can even lead to the loss of a ship.

In the latest issue of 'The Navigator' magazine, The Nautical Institute explores multiple aspects of VTS communications. Vessel Traffic Services is an essential service provided by a shore authority to help manage ship traffic and to improve safety and security, particularly in congested areas.

The latest issue of the Navigator, a free publication by The Nautical Institute in association with the Royal Institute of Navigation, explores what is involved in being and working with a Pilot. Most pilotage areas have an increased risk of groundings and collisions, which is why having a Pilot on board is mandatory.

Variations in the way different manufacturers display navigation systems have been a cause for concern for several years, prompting calls for a default setting across all models. The Nautical Institute strongly supports the introduction of a Standard, or S-Mode, setting on all systems.

The latest issue of the Navigator, highlights the importance of error management on board. Teamwork, thought and reflection are essential for professional navigators to reduce the likelihood that a mistake will result in an accident.

The Nautical Institute announced the publication of the latest issue of its magazine 'The Navigator' which examines cyber security; what it is, how it's developing and how we should use it to counter threats from cyberspace.