Inspectors ECDIS Questions

 What Display mode is the system currently in Base/Standard/Other.

- Standard+

 How do you achieve the best Scale when using ENC’s?

- ECDIS detects that a better range could be used the current range will be
highlighted yellow while the advised range will be displayed in green in the list of
ranges.

 How do you Query/Interrogate a charted object?

- The information on a charted message is available via Pick Report .

Open the pick report window, tap on the point or line object, and open the entry
Navtex which appears in the list of picked objects in the report dialogue.
All information on the Navtex message will be displayed.
To get details of a specific symbol the pick report can be used. Once the pick report is
active and user selects a symbol by touching on it the legend of the object will be
displayed.

 What is the Cell Number of the ENC which is currently displayed?

- ID 202872

 Where would you find the Data Quality Pattern/CATZOC/Quality Object Setting?
o What is Category of Zone of Confidence of Data (CATZOC) and where in SMS
guidelines can this be found?

- Planning mode, use CATZOC info

- CATZOC (Category Zone of Confidence) values are used to indicate the accuracy of
the data presented on the charts. The vertical accuracy component represents possible
maximum errors in charted depths (depths may be shallower or deeper than those
charted on ENC) while the horizontal accuracy component represents the possible
maximum position error of charted objects (the position of charted objects in reality
may be closer to the ship and/or planned route than charted on ENC and displayed on
the ECDIS). ECDIS Manual DocumentNo.13363

 Can you change the charted Symbology?

- Yes.
Points: Can be displayed in Simplified or Traditional style.
Area boundaries: Can be displayed Plain or Symbolized.
  Where is the Sensor settings menu?

- In Sailing Mode or in S-Mode, use the NAV button in the Toolbar to open the
following menu (Own Ship tab; depicted is the Master view)

 Do you use RNC?

o If so what are the Limitations when using RNC’s on ECDIS.

- No. ENC in use

 Is it possible to De Select GPS sensor and manually go to DR mode

- Yes. Use the NAV button in the Toolbar to open the following menu and shift to DR.

 Is there an ENC Chart 1 reference on the ECDIS System

o If YES, where is it. Yes
o If NO, what publication can you reference?

Open “chart 1” in ECDIS as follows:

1. Open the Chart Loader task.
2. Click on the subpage Chart 1 and the field below will show the available cells for Chart1.
3. Tap on one category button. The chart view will load the chart including the related symbols
according to IHO Publication S-52 ANNEX A, Ed. 4.0.2, July 2017. The cell is automatically
centred with an appropriate range to oversee the complete part of chart 1.
4. To get details of a specific symbol the pick report can be used. Once the pick report is active
and user selects a symbol by touching on it the legend of the object will be displayed.

 What is the SAFETY CONTOUR and or Safety Depth set to?

o Is this complying with the UKC Policy? Yes

- As per Passage plan form MOM 54 VOY003L Balongan Terminal – Tanjung Pelepas
MOM 54 applies additional safety margins when calculating Safety Depth and Safety
Contour based on CATZOC accuracy.

 Show the NO GO AREAS/ PL in the ECDIS display.

- Passage plan VOY003L Balongan Terminal – Tanjung Pelepas (NO GO AREAS/ PL

plotted on ECDIS )

 Are the navigating officers familiar with Anti-grounding or look ahead settings
(activating/setting the danger vector/sector)? Yes

- As per Passage plan form MOM 54 and Master Standing Order.

 Are the navigating officers familiar with the AIS display filtering mode (as applicable)? –
AIS: Filtered = some targets are suppressed according to the settings for AIS in the
Traffic dialogue or Not filtered, i.e. filter parameters switched off.

 Route / Passage Plan Planning (eg: Zone of Confidence (ZOC), off track distance (XTD),
Route back-up) and how is verification of the planned route / Passage Plan made (2nd
Mate must be able to show inspector how verification of Passage Plan is made).

- Planning mode.

 Show Position Fixing including cross-referencing, methods used and frequency.

- Passage plan VOY003L Balongan Terminal – Tanjung Pelepas

(Position Fixing including cross-referencing, methods used and frequency plotted on
ECDIS)

 When was the Last time a LOP Fix was applied?

- 13NOV2018 17:26 by ARPA ERBL 2LOPs

 What other types of Position Fixes are applied to the Charts/Cells, and the interval?

- VIS / Rad / GPS / PI and interval plotted on ECDIS as per PP VOY003L Balongan
Terminal – Tanjung Pelepas

 How can you Import/Export Passage Plans?

- File Manager. To export and import files from the File Manager it is important
to connect a removable device, e.g. external hard drives or a USB stick. The
desired path on the removable device has to be selected via the Browse window.
This is opened by tapping on the Browse button.

 How can you view the Playback function?

- Use Integrator menu via a task button Play Mode.

 Change the display settings for Brightness / contrast.

- With the Day, Dusk and Night mode you can adjust the intensity of the colors to
the ambient light conditions. Select the appropriate mode from a pop-up menu
in the Toolbar at the bottom right.
- For another possibility of adjusting the brightness see Brilliance Control under
System Settings.
  Correction of ENC’s with notice to mariners (NTM) and verification of the same
(verification should be made by You as a Master once per week or month)?

- Chart Loader: For manually handling charts and updates; gives an

overview of all charts in use.
Random checks of 10% of the voyage charts every month as per Company Marine
Manual

 Updating ENC’s with T&P notices to mariners and verification of same (verification
should be made by You as a Master once per week or month)?

- Chart Loader: For manually handling charts and updates; gives an

overview of all charts in use.
Random checks of 10% of the voyage charts every month as per Company Marine
Manual

 Updating ENC’s with Navarea warnings and verification of same (verification should be
made by You as a Master once per week or month)?

- All Navigational Warnings, that affected to the current voyage were plotted on the
ENC (ECDIS), all notices collected in nav folder familization of the OOW and easy
reference. In case of any Navigational Warnings these are to be entered in Passage
Planning, further noted on the respective ENC.

 When was the Last Chart Update installed?

- Wk45/18 09NOV2018

 When was the last Manual Correction applied?

- 07/11/2018 / NAVAREA XI

 Where is the ECDIS Log Book?

- The Track Records function can be called from the context menu on the chart.
When doing so a dialogue opens which allows to enter a date. Upon confirmation the system will
load the respective past track and adjust the screen position and range so that the complete track
is displayed. The time stamps appear according to current past track settings in NAV/Own Ship.
The function can be deactivated by deselecting the past track or via pressing the Go to Ship
button.
 What was the Last major event logged?
 - Track Records function, GPS psn 14/11/2018 13:20

 What are Procedures/guidance in case of loss of sensory inputs to ECDIS?

- As per Company Emergency Response

1) Identify risks 2) Verify equipment function a) Gyro compass b) DGPS c)
Speedlog 3) Enter data manually into ECDIS interfaces 4) Confirm service
attendance for next port 5) Verify ECDIS fully operational after repairs

 What maintenance of ECDIS equipment is required, including back-up arrangements and

reporting of defects?
According to PAL
- 12 MONTHLY ROUTINE
Job Description1. CONFIRM ALL 3 MANDATORY SENSORS -
TRANSMITTING HEADING DEVICE / SPEED & DISTANCE MEASURING
EQUIPMENT / ELECTRONIC POSITION FIXING SYSTEM, ARE CORRECTLY
ALIGNED AND WITHOUT ALARMS. 2. ECDIS APPLICATION SOFTWARE IS
UPDATED WITH THE LATEST VERSION OF IHO STANDARDS. 3. ECDIS
UPGRADED TO LATEST IHO PRESENTATION LIBRARY EDITION AND
LIBRARY EDITION NUMBER RECORDED IN PMS. 4. EXISTING
HARDWARE IS CHECKED, CONFIRMED AS FULLY OPERATIONAL AND
CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE LATEST MANDATORY REQUIRED IHO
SOFTWARE UPDATES. 5. PERFORM ANNUAL SERVICE IN LINE WITH
LATEST IMO, IHO & MANUFACTURER REQUIREMENTS. 6. ATTACH
SERVICE REPORT TO PMS
- MONTHLY ROUTINE
Job Description1. CLEAN DISPLAY UNIT OF ECDIS 2. CLEAN DVD DRIVE 3.
CLEAN THE FILTER ON THE REAR OF PROCESSOR UNIT. 4. CHECK
KNOBS OF BRILLIANCE,TRACKBALL, EBL AND VRM 5. ECDIS IS
PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR EITHER AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY
CARRYING OUT ON-BOARD TESTS OF MAJOR FUNCTIONS. 6. IN CASE OF
A FAILURE, THE TEST WILL DISPLAY INFORMATION TO INDICATE
WHICH MODULE IS AT FAULT. [Link] PROPER FUNCTIONING OF
ECDIS. 8. MONTHLY PERFORM THE AUTO/MANUAL TEST OF MAJOR
FUNCTIONS AND RECORD THE RESULT.

 Confirm 4.0 presentation Library.

 Show the NO GO AREAS/ PL in the ECDIS display.

 - Passage plan VOY003L Balongan Terminal – Tanjung Pelepas (NO GO AREAS/ PL
plotted on ECDIS )

 Are the navigating officers familiar with the AIS display filtering mode (as applicable)?

- Yes. AIS: Filtered = some targets are suppressed according to the settings for AIS in
the Traffic dialogue or Not filtered, i.e. filter parameters switched off.

 How do you set a date-dependent view?

o Explain why this is used?

- Current Date : Displays the objects provided the current date is within the set
timeframe.
- Custom Date : Displays the objects provided the entered date is within the set
timeframe.

 Turn isolated dangers in shallow water on/off

- Chart Setting/IMO Categories/Isolated dangers. Highlighted objects (soundings and

isolated dangers) are shallower than safety depth

 On the display what is the safety contour being viewed?

- 18 m as per Passage plan form MOM 54 VOY003L Balongan Terminal – Tanjung

Pelepas MOM 54 applies additional safety margins when calculating Safety Depth
and Safety Contour based on CATZOC accuracy.

 What is the difference between the safety contour and the safety depth?

- ThePassagePlan,MOM54,autocalculates the minimum under keel clearance, Safety

Contour and Safety Depth for each leg of the passage
- SafetyContour=Tide((Draft+UKC+Squat+Weather+Heel+CATZOC)*WaterDensity)
- Safety Depth (only for visualization of the soundings)
According to international agreement the safety depth is NOT used for antigrounding
purposes. Nevertheless, the system will present soundings equal or less than a set
value in black, and soundings deeper than a set value in grey. The threshold value can
be defined by the mariner.

 Where can you configure the Area warnings to alarm or indicate?

- Here you can select from a list of items those which shall trigger an alert. An alert
will be triggered as soon as the vessel’s look-ahead sector (see chapter Look-Ahead)
 overlaps one or more of the selected chart features. This list can also be used as filter
e.g. to exclude specific items.
- Moreover, the list is used as initial route check condition. If one of the selected items
overlaps the XTD area of the checked route an indication will be generated (See
chapter Check).
- To the right of the AREAS button there is a selection box to define whether the look-
ahead shall trigger a caution or warning (for the differences between alarms, warnings
and cautions see chapter Alerts and Indications).

 What Is your Look-ahead frame set to?

o How does it show a Danger/warning?
o Can you turn on/off the highlight?
o Safety frame Look-ahead configurations :

Open sea limits are: stb side - 25° port side - 25° / Time: 15 min / Turn OFF if
SOG - 3 kn
Coastal / Shallow waters limits are: stb side - 15° port side - 15° / Time: 12
min / Turn OFF if SOG - 3 kn
Port Approach / Departure, Pilotage, Restricted Waters, Fairways, Rivers
limits are: stb side - 5° port side - 5° / Time: 6 min / Turn OFF if SOG - 3 kn

- The Look-Ahead is used to define a look-ahead sector in front of the vessel. This
sector is constantly scanned for dangerous objects which must be avoided (e.g.
underwater hazards, aids to navigation, shallow water, restricted areas, etc.). As soon
as the look-ahead sector overlaps a dangerous object an alarm is triggered.

- Show Sector on Chart is ticked the area within which alarms will be triggered is
displayed on the screen. In this sector potential risks of grounding and areas to be
monitored will be continuously [Link] avoid triggering numerous alarms which
might not be relevant the look-ahead parameters should be set to reflect the
characteristics of the current situation. Alarm triggering can be influenced by
increasing or decreasing the look-ahead sector (starboard side angle, port side angle).
The minimum speed can be set from which Look-Ahead shall stop detecting dangers,
e.g. in berthing operations.

- The following settings directly influence the Look-Ahead behavior and the size /
shape of the look-ahead sector: Starboard Side Angle, Port Side Angle, Time, Turn
off if SOG

 Show how to configure Area for time dependent display?

- System settings, time settings – UTC Offset

 Is Scale minimum (SCAMIN) being applied?

 o Can you switch off and understand the implications?

- Yes.
- Yes. Chart Setting/Filter/Enable SCAMIN. Enable SCAMIN filter: Reduces the amount of
Information according to a set SCAMIN attribute encoded in the ENC for this object.

 Can you tell what the compilation Scale of the chart your viewing is?

- On the left side of the widget a plus button is available to select the next smaller
range (equivalent to zooming one step in).
On the right side of the widget a minus button is available to select the next bigger
range (equivalent to zooming one step out).
According to the ship’s position and the installed charts an advised/recommended range
can be calculated. Within this range always the chart with the biggest compilation scale
will be eGlobe G2 User’s Guide Page 33.
If eGlobe G2 detects that a better range could be used the current range will be
highlighted yellow while the advised range will be displayed in green in the list of ranges
(open the list with a single tap on the Range Widget).

 How do you change Vector overlays?

- NAV/Own Ship/Speed Vector Size

 Can you turn on/off the shallow water pattern?

- Optional checkboxes in the Display topic:

Show shallow water pattern: Activates shallow pattern.
Draw depth areas with two shades: If not selected depth areas will be displayed in four
shades.

 Can you extract source data diagram or CATZOC if UKCP required?

- ChartWorld Default CATZOC Policy

By default the system includes a ChartWorld version of the CATZOC policy, based on the IHO
Standard S-57.
It is possible to change the CATZOC policy. This is done in the Service Menu which can be
accessed via the Integrator.

Note: In case of necessity to change the CATZOC policy please contact ChartWorld for further

 Complete a check fix, in-line with SMS requirements.

- In according to Company Marine Manual, PP MOM 05 can mention "Continuous" in

the FIX Interval column. Verify the accuracy of position information in ECDIS .

 Prove sensor configuration and back-up (e.g. DR mode)

- In Sailing Mode or in S-Mode, use the NAV button in the Toolbar to open the
following menu (Own Ship tab; depicted is the Master view).
- The Backup station will automatically become the Master station in case the original
Master station is not accessible. The timeout is 30 seconds.

 Create Manual corrections such as Pl's or No Go areas.

- Passage plan VOY003L Balongan Terminal – Tanjung Pelepas (Plotted on ECDIS )

 While planning a voyage it is important to add relevant notes and other objects such
as danger highlights. It is possible to store this data as overlay files and optionally
link them to a particular route. Buttons for Route Planning and User Charts (left to
right): ERBL, Edit, Check, Show Routes, Undo, Redo, Pick, Go to Ship

 Conduct Scan route for next passage and configure for results.

- Planning mode. See chapter Check. The Check Status of imported routes always is
Not checked until they have been checked in eGlobe G2.

 Review past track and show playback options

- Review past track : Track Records function

- Playback options : This task starts the Playback application (eGlobe G2 special
mode) to replay recorded voyages. It is not compatible with eGlobe G2 in Navigation
Mode and can only be run when Navigation Mode is terminated. Functionality and
graphical user interface (GUI) are mostly equal to those in Navigation Mode.

 Confirm Scale 5 Cells for next Harbour

- ENC SG5C4038 Intended: Usage Harbour