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  2. Passage planning - Wikipedia

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    A Passage Plan is an important step in ensuring vital navigation information is readily available, crew and those ashore know what to expect, and to minimize the likelihood of accidents. [4] Passage planning is important for the safety of a vessel as it requires the correct assessment and establishment of safety settings, including adequate ...

  3. Nautical publications - Wikipedia

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    Other publications might cover topics such as seamanship and cargo operations. In the UK, the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, the Witherby Publishing Group and the Nautical Institute provide numerous navigational publications, including charts, publications on how to navigate and passage planning publications.

  4. Sailing Directions - Wikipedia

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    The numbers in the squares indicate the individual Planning Guide coverage areas. Sailing Directions are written directions that describe the routes to be taken by boats and ships during coastal navigation and port approaches. There are also products known as Sailing Directions, which are books written by various Hydrographic Offices throughout ...

  5. Navigation - Wikipedia

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    Passage planning consists of four stages: appraisal, planning, execution, and monitoring, [44] which are specified in International Maritime Organization Resolution A.893(21), Guidelines For Voyage Planning, [45] and these guidelines are reflected in the local laws of IMO signatory countries (for example, Title 33 of the U.S. Code of Federal ...

  6. Navigator - Wikipedia

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    Passage planning procedures are specified in International Maritime Organization Resolutions, in the laws of IMO signatory countries (for example, Title 33 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations), and a number of professional books and USN/USAF publications. There are some fifty elements of a comprehensive passage plan depending on the size ...

  7. Distances Between Ports - Wikipedia

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    Distances Between Ports (PUB 151) is a publication that lists the distances between major ports. Reciprocal distances between two ports may differ due to the different routes of currents and climatic conditions chosen. To reduce the number of listings needed, junction points along major routes are used to consolidate routes converging from ...

  8. Admiralty chart - Wikipedia

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    Admiralty Chart of the coast of Peru, surveyed by Robert FitzRoy in 1836, engraved in 1840, and published with corrections to 1960. Charts were printed from copper plates. Plates were engraved, in reverse, with a burin. The plate was inked, and the excess ink wiped from the flat surface before printing, so that ink remained only in the engraved ...

  9. United States Coast Pilot - Wikipedia

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    Publisher. National Ocean Service. United States Coast Pilot is a ten-volume American navigation publication distributed yearly by the Office of Coast Survey, a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 's National Ocean Service. The purpose of the publication is to supplement nautical charts of the waters of the United States.