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Handing over the bridge watch – critical spam period of bridge resource management

The notion of hand-over on board ships is not completely defined by legislation or regulations. Indeed, the content of the hand-over is described by the ship procedures that are part of the International Safety Management Code (ISM), Ship Safety Management System (SMS) and Master’s Standing Orders etc. However, there is not a single document defining the duration of the hand-over. The development of marine technologies has made handing-over procedures more complex and time consuming. Meanwhile, the organizational structure of the navigation watch has remained the same, resulting in the hand-over practice being shorter than needed. Handing over the bridge navigational watch depends on a number of factors, including the type and size of the vessel, quality of the company and ship SMS, ships trading area, traffic density, weather conditions, state of the sea and seaworthiness of the vessel, experience and qualifications of the officers. A survey was conducted to 30 deck officers in order to gain insights into the variations of duration of handing over the bridge watch with regard to the prevailing conditions.

Hand-over ; bridge navigational watch ; checklists ; safety ; officer of the watch ; Safety Management System ; simulator

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