Navigation in a digital age: ECDIS training for maritime pilots As ECDIS mandation looms, ECDIS training for port pilots is becoming increasingly important

摘要

Marine navigation is currently experiencing its greatest reform since the introduction of radio communications and the development of radar — some argue even as big as the transition from sail to steam. The change is affecting everyone from deck officers to chart agents, fleet superintendents to inspecting officers and crewing managers to pilots. In case you've been living underground for the last few years, I'm talking about the mandatory introduction of ECDIS to the world's fleets. Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems, to give them their full name, are a specialized form of Geographic Information System (GIS) built to meet strict performance standards laid down by the IMO, the latest version of which, MSC.232 (82), was adopted in December 2006.