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CHIRP Annual Digest 2017

4. COLREGS AND

NAVIGATION – VARIOUS

It seems fairly certain that we will NAVAREA warnings are ignored, but vessel, which reminds us that
shortly see the appearance of it is a strong reminder of why the navigation lights must always be
unmanned autonomous vessels, and warnings should always be given clearly visible and not capable of
these will no doubt be programmed careful attention. being confused with any other lights.
to observe the collision regulations. I A report about fishing vessels con- It also reminds us to make a careful
wonder how they will deal with some travening Rule 10 makes the point plot in any situation which might
of the vessels featured in this section, that these miscreants should be involve risk of collision, and to use
which do not appear to treat COL- reported to the relevant authorities ALL available means to determine
REGS with the respect they deserve? so that action can be taken, but what is happening around us.
We start with a case where a VLCC we also feature a case where the The Insight article in this section
was following a deep water route fishing boat appears to have been is about ECDIS. We are still seeing
and approaching an area where cau- the innocent party and was almost numerous accident investigation
tion was required, but was hampered hit by a ro-ro vessel. This case also reports which mention improper
by an overtaking container ship and touches upon the use of VHF in use of ECDIS, so we urge you to
eventually forced to stop engines. collision avoidance. study the article carefully and incor-
This is followed by an unusual We finish with a report about porate the lessons into your own
example of what can happen when misleading lights on a passenger passage planning.

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