1. Bridge Procedures Guide
Fifth Edition, 2016

2. Bridge Procedures Guide
Fifth Edition, main changes:
Comprehensive ECDIS familiarisation checklists and guidance regarding over-reliance
Importance of the passage planning process
Increased use of diagrams
Increased number of checklists
Increased content of checklists
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3. Bridge Procedures Guide
Introduction
Chapter 1 – Effective Bridge Organisation
Chapter 2 – Passage Planning
Chapter 3 – Duties of the OOW
Chapter 4 – Operation & Maintenance of Bridge Equipment
Chapter 5 – Pilotage

4. Bridge Procedures Guide
Chapter 1 - Effective Bridge Organisation:
BRM & Bridge Team - Composition, Sole lookout, Hours of Rest, Duties, Record keeping, etc
Company Policy & Procedures, Mobile phones/devices, internet/
Emergency preparedness
Chapter 2 – Passage Planning
Principles, Responsibility, Appraisal, Planning, Execution and monitoring

5. Bridge Procedures Guide
Chapter 3 – Duties of the OOW
Handover, Lookout, BNWAS, Calling the Master, Situational Awareness, Navigation and Control, Colregs, Pilotage, Anchor Watch, GMDSS, LRIT, Environmental compliance, Checks, Recording activities, Danger reporting, Security, etc

6. Bridge Procedures Guide
Chapter 4 – Operation & Maintenance of Bridge Equipment
Steering, Compass, Log, BNWAS, Electronic Position Systems, AIS, Radar/ARPA, Charts/NPs, ECDIS, IBS/INS, GMDSS
Chapter 5 – Pilotage
Preparation, Boarding, Master/Pilot information exchange, Duties & responsibilities, Manoeuvring, Preparation, Pilot exemption, Deep sea pilots

7. Annexes Annex 1 – Dynamic Positioning
Annex 2 – ECDIS Carriage Requirements
Annex 3 – Checklists
Section A - Pilotage
Section B - Bridge
Section C - Emergencies (no longer in red)

8. Section A - Pilotage A1 – Master/Pilot information Exchange
A1 – Pilot Card
A3 – Wheelhouse poster
A4 – Required Boarding Arrangements for Pilots

10. Section B - Bridge B1 – Steering Gear Test Routines
B2 – Example of a Bridge Manning Matrix
B3 – Familiarisation with Bridge Equipment
B4 – ECDIS Familiarisation
B5 – ECDIS Setup
B6 – Preparations for Sea
B7 – Preparations for Arrival
B8 – Pilotage
B9 – Passage Planning
B10 – Navigation in Coastal Waters
B11 – Navigation in Ocean Waters
B12 – Anchoring and Anchor Watch
B13 – Restricted Visibility
B14 – Heavy Weather/Tropical Storm Areas
B15 – Navigation in Ice
B16 – Change of Watch at Sea
B17 – Calling the Master
B18 – Pre-operational Dynamic Positioning
B19 – False Distress Alerts
Red text denotes new checklists.
NB! There are modifications to existing checklists

11. Section C – Emergencies
C1 – Main Engine Failure
C2 – Steering Gear Failure
C3 – Total Electrical Power Failure (Blackout)
C4 – Collision
C5 – Stranding or Grounding
C6 – Man Overboard
C7 – Fire
C8 – Flooding/Hull Failure
C9 – Search and Rescue and Receiving Distress Alerts
C10 – Abandoning Ship
Red text denotes title modifications.
Steering gear now gets a separate checklist