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Discover the comprehensive ECDIS Procedures Guide, essential for maritime navigation and ECDIS training. Enhance your ECDIS skills with up-to-date compliance standards, software, and hardware procedures tailored for safe navigation.

It is essential for all ships equipped with ECDIS to install and fully understand the latest updates and requirements. This publication provides a comprehensive framework, along with background information and checklists, to help officers meet STCW requirements.

The 2024-2025 edition has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest developments in software, hardware, documentation, and best practices related to PSC/audit skills and procedures of ECDIS training.

New chapters of ECDIS Procedures Guide cover proper hardware setup, software configuration, CPD scenarios, and solutions. Key updates include:

• The latest equipment standards and software updates, along with a timeline for the implementation of S-100 at sea
• ECDIS documentation and compliance aligned with the most recent IMO circulars and marine general orders
• Common chartering challenges and solutions, addressing issues like CATZOC inaccuracies, EPNMs, and ENC symbology
• Introduction of new “Decision Support Tools” to optimize ECDIS operations for 2024
• Improved PSC/inspection procedures and record-keeping, including advancements in data recording
• The transition from NAVTEX to NAVDAT
• The top 25 ECDIS questions asked during inspections, as well as incident case studies
• ECDIS safety checklists for 2024.

ECDIS Procedures Guide Contents:

The Evolution of ECDIS
Foreword
About ECDIS Ltd
Updates to the 2024?2025 ECDIS Procedures Guide
Definitions

Part 1 ECDIS Documentation, Compliance and Latest Standards 
1 Latest Standards of Equipment and Software Updates 3
1.1 Latest Software Required on Board
1.2 Latest Standards for ECDIS Equipment
1.3 GNSS Options and Known Jamming Areas
1.4 The Transition to S-100
1.5 The Transition to S-Mode

2 ECDIS Documentation and Compliance 23
2.1 List of Latest Circulars and Marine General Orders
2.2 ISM ECDIS Audit Template 2025 and Risk Assessment Calculations
2.3 Assessing ECDIS Software Suitability
2.4 List of Integrated Equipment
2.5 Warranty, Maintenance and Performance Test Procedures
2.6 Manufacturer?s User Guide Requirements
2.7 STCW Mandated Training Certificates
2.8 IMO 1.27 Generic Training
2.9 Type Specific and Familiarisation Training
2.10 Latest ECDIS Functions Checklist for Legacy Training

Part 2 Preparing ECDIS for Use
3 Correct Hardware Setup and Defect Problem Solving 55
3.1 Minimum Bridge Setup Requirements for Single and Dual Approved ECDIS
3.2 Service Mode/Engineer Access Codes
3.3 Installation Settings and Passwords
3.4 Minimum Sensor Requirements
3.5 COM Setup
3.6 Bridge Alert Management (BAM) and Central Alert Management (CAM)
3.7 Planning Stations and Legal Implications of Use
3.8 Potential Issues with Integrated Bridge System Keyboards
3.9 Backup Requirements and Power Failure
3.10 Reported Hardware Defects and Solutions

4 Correct Software Setup and Defect Problem Solving 71
4.1 Safely Displaying Measuring and Depth Units
4.2 Common Consistent Reference Point (CCRP)
4.3 User Alarm Choices
4.4 IMO Recommended Configuration of Alarms and Indicators
4.5 System Configuration and Maintenance
4.6 Impact of Incorrect System/Local Time Setup
4.7 System Sensor and Local Sensor
4.8 Known Manufacturer Software Limitations and Solutions
4.9 Scan Route Failings
4.10 SMS Compliant Software Updates
4.11 Reported Software Defects and Solutions

5 Known Charting Issues, Support and Solutions 89
5.1 Licences and Permits
5.2 Global Expansion of Pay As You Sail (PAYS)
5.3 Polar Navigation
5.4 Overview of Current ENC Coverage and Notable Gaps
5.5 ENC Chart Symbology
5.6 ENC Scales, Known Issues and Support
5.7 Chart Disparity Between National ENCs on Passage
5.8 Scale 6 Berthing Charts
5.9 High Density (HD) ENCs
5.10 Datum Warnings
5.11 Raster Chart Display System (RCDS) Mode
5.12 Display Accuracy
5.13 SCAMIN/SCAMAX
5.14 Surveys and Chart Data
5.15 CATZOC ? Understanding the Underlying Data and Using it Safely
5.16 Admiralty Information Overlay (AIO)
5.17 Electronic Preliminary Notices to Mariners (EPNM)
5.18 Automatically Plotted T&P Status by Country in 2024
5.19 Updating Charts
5.20 Chart Spot-Checks

Part 3 Optimum Standards of Navigation at Sea 
6 Optimum ECDIS Procedures for Safe Navigation
6.1 Appraisal
6.2 Planning. General Considerations
6.3 Planning. Open Ocean
6.4 Planning. Coastal
6.5 Planning. Confined Waters
6.6 Planning. Blind Pilotage
6.7 Execution
6.8 Monitoring
6.9 Verifying the Position in ECDIS
6.10 Navigating in DR/EP Mode
6.11 Variation and Deviation
6.12 Monitoring Performance of Sensors
6.13 ECDIS Safety Functions
6.14 Anchor Watch Functions
6.15 Performance Indicator Monitoring (PIM)
6.16 AIS Filtering
6.17 Man Overboard (MOB)
6.18 Automatic Integration of COLREGs into ECDIS

7 PSC/Inspection Administration and Records
7.1 IMO Required ECDIS Data Recording
7.2 Backup Procedure
7.3 Records and Documentation
7.4 ECDIS Screen Capture
7.5 Shore Support and Remote Navigation Audit Option

Part 4 ECDIS Vulnerabilities and Failings at Sea 
8 Equipment and Sensor Vulnerabilities and Solutions
8.1 Practical Cyber Security Procedures
8.2 Monitoring GNSS for Jamming/Spoofing
8.3 NAVTEX Vulnerabilities and the New NAVDAT Solution
8.4 SATCOM Vulnerabilities to Hacking
8.5 Transferring Non-Secure Data to ECDIS and Auxiliary Equipment
8.6 Virus Protection Options
8.7 Operating System/Software Update Concerns

9 Observations/Non-Conformities and Incidents at Sea
9.1 Top 25 Inspection Considerations in 2024-2025
9.2 ECDIS Observations
9.3 Training Shortfalls Highlighted by Inspections
9.4 ECDIS Non-Conformities and Detentions ? PSC
9.5 Responsibility for Safe Navigation

Part 5 Onboard CPD Package and Checklists 
10 CPD Scenarios to Compensate for Training Shortfalls
10.1 ECDIS Skill Gaps
10.2 Scenario 1 ENC Chart Symbology
10.3 Scenario 2  Chart Spot Checks
10.4 Scenario 3  Pre-ECDIS PSC Inspections
10.5 Scenario 4  Sensor Setup
10.6 Scenario 5 Navigating in DR Mode
10.7 Scenario 6 Fixing
10.8 Scenario 7 Admiralty Information Overlay (AIO)
10.9 Scenario 8  CATZOC
10.10 Scenario 9  Bridge Alert Management (BAM)
10.11 Scenario 10  Playback Options
10.12 Scenario 11  Bridge Equipment Failures
10.13 Scenario 12  MOB/SAR
10.14 Scenario 13  ECDIS Safety Functions
10.15 Scenario 14  Planning
10.16 Scenario 15 Anchor Watches and Guard Zones

11 ECDIS Safety Checklists for 2024-25
11.1 OOW Handover Checklist
11.2 Master?s Night Orders
11.3 Pre-Sailing Checklist
11.4 ECDIS Configuration Cards
11.5 GNSS Failure
11.6 Log Failure
11.7 Gyro Failure
11.8 ECDIS Failure
11.9 Bridge Blackout and Loss of All Navigation
11.10 ECDIS Cyber Security Checklist
11.11 Pre-Departure/Voyage Briefing Card

Part 6 Annexes 
Annex A Checking the IHO S-52 Presentation Library Edition Number in ECDIS
Annex B ECDIS Alarms and Alerts
Annex C Chart Spot-Check Log
Annex D Manual Corrections Log
Annex E Chart Update Log
Annex F Pre-Port Arrival .Top 10 PSC ECDIS Preparation Activities for 2024
Annex G STCW Competency Exam Questions and Answers. OOW Level
Annex H STCW Competency Exam Questions and Answers. Mates/Masters Level

The ECDIS Procedures Guide 2024-2025 is essential for maritime navigation and ECDIS training, offering updated compliance standards, software, and hardware procedures for safe navigation. It covers the latest equipment standards, software updates, and PSC/audit procedures, ensuring officers meet STCW requirements and stay informed of new developments like S-100 implementation and NAVDAT. This edition provides practical tools, safety checklists, and case studies, making it a must-have for vessels equipped with ECDIS.