Maritime Navigation: Planning and Crossing Execution Course
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This course equips you with vital skills for safe and efficient Rotterdam to New York ocean passages. You will master passage planning, ECDIS operations, COLREGs application, weather and current routing, thorough risk assessment, and emergency response strategies. These competencies will enhance your bridge decision-making and advance your professional maritime navigation expertise to meet international standards like SOLAS.

4.0 in rating
flexible workload from 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain expertise in planning secure and effective voyages from Rotterdam to New York, emphasising route planning, COLREGs compliance, Traffic Separation Schemes, and VTS procedures. Develop confidence using ECDIS, radar, AIS, charts, and publications, while integrating weather routing, current assessments, and ice boundary considerations. Strengthen risk evaluation abilities, improve bridge team collaboration, and rehearse practical emergency protocols for compliant and dependable transatlantic crossings.
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Develop skills
- Design ocean routes: create secure great-circle and rhumb-line paths from Rotterdam to New York.
- Master ECDIS: verify routes, configure safety parameters, and verify against paper charts.
- Optimise weather and currents: evade storms, leverage Gulf Stream, reduce fuel use and delays.
- Manage emergencies: respond to man overboard, engine failure, severe weather, and SAR operations.
- Apply risk-focused planning: identify threats, establish backups, adhere to SOLAS and safety management systems.
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