New practical hands-on guide “Voyage Planning With ECDIS”
Hamburg, GER – 01 December 2016
It was our pleasure to welcome Durk Haarsma (publishing director of Geomares Publishing) and celebrate the launch of the new practical hands-on guide “Voyage Planning with ECDIS” by Prof. Capt. Ralph Becker-Heins with him.
Voyage Planning with ECDIS aims to provide a profound hands-on advice on how to best compile a suitable voyage plan fully in line with the principles of IMO Resolution A.893(21). Following a process-guided structure each chapter starts with a short re-compilation of the theoretical principals. Embattled with the re-enforced knowledge, the reader is challenged by a concrete example of a vessel sailing down the East coast of the USA. Following a step-by-step guidance, the book offers for each task a sample solution, including the usage of modern ECDIS equipment.
Every year a considerable number of vessels is detained because of an insufficient voyage or passage plan. Issues with voyage plans are counted among the top-5 claims. Just to have ‘some’ voyage plan turns out to be insufficient – the demand is to have a proper plan, compliant to the rules.
The author of the book, Ralph Becker-Heins, is full Professor of Navigation at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany and General Manager of MSG MarineServe GmbH and Safebridge GmbH, both maritime training companies in Hamburg, Germany.
The publisher of the book, Geomares Publishing, Lemmer, The Netherlands, holds several ECDIS and e-navigation products in its portfolio such as The Electronic Chart Fundamentals, Functions, Data and other Essentials A Textbook for ECDIS Use and Training by Hecht et al. (www.electronic-chart.nl) and the training book ECDIS BASICS. The new book Voyage Planning with ECDIS will be available in the online bookstore on www.geomares.nl at the price of €44. ISBN 978-90-825818-0-5.
General information
Title: Voyage Planning with ECDIS. Practical Guide for Navigators.
Publisher: Geomares Publishing
ISBN 978-90-825818-0-5
Price: €44
Number of pages: 192
