Modern electronic navigation systems have the potential to improve vessel navigation safety and ruce accidents. The potential of these new systems is unlikely to be realiz, however, if the officers ...

Electronic navigation systems such as GPS, Electronic Chart Displays (ECDIS) and Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) provide great assistance to mariners and significantly contribute to ...

The International Maritime Organization has decreed that by 2015, all large deep sea ships will be required to carry the latest in electronic navigation equipment. But does state-of-the-art navigation ...

In the 12th Century came the compass, 400 years later the sextant and in the 1940s, radar. But the greatest advance in navigation has been made in the last decade with the advent of the Global ...

SATNAVS are something that most of us use without a second thought. But what happens at sea? Like drivers, maritime navigators can choose from a range of options, including GPS, paper maps, radar and ...

It took many, many long sea voyages and much tedious charting to produce the first crude maps of the world. Today, travelers are increasingly abandoning even the best maps in favor of electronic ...