
A view from the FOC’SLE #13: Marine Navigation
Paper charts remain an indispensable tool in many smaller ships, tugs, and fishing boats worldwide. In many such vessels, there is no space to fit the dual Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) which the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires in order to dispense with paper charts. Further, the cost of such installations would be crippling for many owners, as it will be challenging to try training a myriad of perhaps lesser educated crew members in the intricacies of several different ECDIS software systems.
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