Log entries - navigation

• Assessment
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• 80% on contents
• 20% on presentation
(language , structure, etc.)
• The world is a dangerous place, not because
of those who do evil, but because of those
who look on and do nothing.”

Albert Einstein
• Sharing session

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• Expectations setting
 Objective

• Write the entries required as per SOLAS

chapter V

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• Why do we conduct investigations after an
accident/incident?
• Next ; IMO Ships’ Routeing

GARD
• ….. search the records/evidences
• Among the sources are VDR/S-VDR ,AIS and ECDIS
playback besides log-entries
• ..during investigations …
• ….. search the records/evidences
• ….. search the records/evidences
• Among the sources are ……
• ….. search the records/evidences
• Among the sources are VDR/S-VDR(AIS,radar) and
ECDIS playback besides log-entries
• Next ; IMO Ships’ Routeing
 Reg. 19
• BNWAS by MSC.282(86) adopted June 2009
 Reg. 19
• BNWAS by MSC.282(86) adopted June 2009
• MSC.128 (75) bnwas.pdf
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28 records of
navigational activities and daily reporting
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28

• All ships engaged on international voyages shall

keep on board a record of navigational activities
and incidents which are of importance to safety
of navigation and which must contain sufficient
detail to restore a complete record of the voyage,
taking into account the recommendations
adopted by the organization. When such
information is not maintained in the ship’s log-
book, it shall be maintained in another form
approved by the Administration.
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28

• All ships engaged on international voyages shall

keep on board a record of navigational activities
and incidents which are of importance to safety
of navigation and which must contain sufficient
detail to restore a complete record of the voyage,
taking into account the recommendations
adopted by the organization. When such
information is not maintained in the ship’s log-
book, it shall be maintained in another form
approved by the Administration.
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28

• All ships engaged on international voyages shall

keep on board a record of navigational activities
and incidents which are of importance to safety
of navigation and which must contain sufficient
detail to restore a complete record of the voyage,
taking into account the recommendations
adopted by the organization. When such
information is not maintained in the ship’s log-
book, it shall be maintained in another form
approved by the Administration.
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28

• All ships engaged on international voyages shall

keep on board a record of navigational activities
and incidents which are of importance to safety
of navigation and which must contain sufficient
detail to restore a complete record of the voyage,
taking into account the recommendations
adopted by the organization. When such
information is not maintained in the ship’s log-
book, it shall be maintained in another form
approved by the Administration.
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28

• All ships engaged on international voyages shall

keep on board a record of navigational activities
and incidents which are of importance to safety
of navigation and which must contain sufficient
detail to restore a complete record of the voyage,
taking into account the recommendations
adopted by the organization. When such
information is not maintained in the ship’s log-
book, it shall be maintained in another form
approved by the Administration.
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28

• All ships engaged on international voyages shall

keep on board a record of navigational activities
and incidents which are of importance to safety
of navigation and which must contain sufficient
detail to restore a complete record of the voyage,
taking into account the recommendations
adopted by the organization. When such
information is not maintained in the ship’s log-
book, it shall be maintained in another form
approved by the Administration.
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28

• It must be possible to reconstruct the ship’s track

throughout the voyage
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28
• Each ship 500GT and above, engaged on
international voyages exceeding 48 hours,
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28
• Each ship 500GT and above, engaged on
international voyages exceeding 48 hours, shall
submit a daily report to
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28
• Each ship 500GT and above, engaged on
international voyages exceeding 48 hours, shall
submit a daily report to its company, as defined
in regulation IX-1,which shall retain it and all
subsequent daily reports
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28
• Each ship 500GT and above, engaged on
international voyages exceeding 48 hours, shall
submit a daily report to its company, as defined
in regulation IX-1,which shall retain it and all
subsequent daily reports for the duration of the
voyage. Daily reports may be transmitted by any
means, provided they are transmitted to the
company as soon as practicable after
determination of the position named in the report
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28
• Automated reporting systems may be used,
provided that they include a recording function of
their transmission ….

• The report shall contain the following:

 The ship’s position;
 Ship’s course and speed; and
 Details of any external or internal conditions that
are affecting the ship’s voyage or the normal safe
operation of the ship
• Deck log book is also known as the bridge log
book should contain…..
• Deck log book is also known as the bridge log
book should contain…..
• Routine navigational information
• The data should be recorded when observations
are taken, or at the end of the navigational
watch, as appropriate
 Example of the entries
• Shipping water and/or spray over hatches or high
humidity of ambient air.
 Example of the entries
• Shipping water and/or spray over hatches or high
humidity of ambient air.

• ….. a full record separate from the log book can

be maintained and after signature from master
and mate can be attached to the log book at
the end of the voyage

Bulk carrier practice p23

 Example 2
• 0800 ventilation of holds Nos 1 – 7 commenced
with the after fans in all holds at full speed in
inlet mode, and forward vents in all holds on
natural ventilation. 1800 ventilation of holds Nos
1 -7 stopped and all vent flaps closed in
accordance with shippers’ carrying instructions

Bulk carrier practice p23

 Example 3
• 1000 – 1200 Inspection of all holds and hatches
by chief mate and bosun, to see if any cargo had
shifted. All well.

Bulk carrier practice p23

 Example 4
• 1500 During routine cargo inspection by chief
officer and bosun damage/shifting found in holds
nos. 2 and 5. Resecuring not possible. Course
adjusted to minimise further damage.

Bulk carrier practice p23

Case 1

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• Case 2
• Case 3 Atlantic Eagle
• Case 4 Cosco Busan
• Cosco Busan decision calls for change in
navigation training (Feb 26 2010)

The US District Court has ordered the

shipmanagement company involved in the Cosco
Busan accident in 2007 to change its navigation
training practices, and hit it with a $10 million
fine.
• Fleet Management Ltd was ordered to pay the
$10 million for its role in causing the oil discharge
and a subsequent cover-up after the ship
struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge in November
2007, according to the US Justice Department.
• In addition, it was also ordered to implement a
comprehensive compliance plan that would
include heightened training and voyage planning
for ships engaged in trade in the United States.
• This training should focus on better preparing
masters for command of Fleet’s vessels, through
the provision of classroom and shipboard
navigation training to those who navigate the
vessels, and ensure that all Fleet vessels calling
in US ports create a thorough plan for how they
will navigate in those ports.

• The new training and voyage planning

requirements will be subject to auditing and the
court’s supervision.
• The Department of Justice statements on the
issue showed, in particular, that a false berth-to-
berth passage plan for the day of the crash was
created after the incident, at the direction of
superintendents and with the knowledge of the
ship’s master.
• Additionally, a ship officer falsified the ship’s
official navigational chart to show fixes that were
not actually recorded during the voyage. Other
records, including false passage planning
checklists, were also created after the fact.
• Summary

• SOLAS Reg.28
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28

• All ships engaged on international voyages

shall keep on board a record of navigational
activities and incidents which are of importance
to safety of navigation and which must contain
sufficient detail to restore a complete record of
the voyage, taking into account the
recommendations adopted by the organization.
When such information is not maintained in the
ship’s log-book, it shall be maintained in another
form approved by the Administration.
• SOLAS Chapter V – Reg. 28
• Each ship 500GT and above, engaged on
international voyages exceeding 48 hours,
shall submit a daily report to its company, as
defined in regulation IX-1,which shall retain it
and all subsequent daily reports for the duration
of the voyage. Daily reports may be transmitted
by any means, provided they are transmitted to
the company as soon as practicable after
determination of the position named in the report
• Automated reporting systems may be used,
provided that they include a recording function of
their transmission ….

• The report shall contain the following:

 The ship’s position;
 Ship’s course and speed; and
 Details of any external or internal conditions that
are affecting the ship’s voyage or the normal safe
operation of the ship
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