It’s not where you are It’s About the Authorwhere you should Captain Paul Whyte MBE AFNI, Associ-ate Master Mariner, LOC has 37 years’ seagoing experience and 12 years’ sea command. LOC is an independent ma- that mattersberine and engineering consultancy and ECDIS & ELECTRONIC DATAsurvey organization. p.whyte@loc-group.comCaptain Whyte, a leading marine ac- the road or driving ships at sea. We need road’ every Master and Of? cer of the lations cident analyst at LOC Group, an inde- to know where we are, what we’re doing Watch (OOW) should observe the four • Action; the crew must take positive pendent marine and engineering con- and where we are going. If a vessel has ‘A’s at all times; and early action to avoid a collision.sultancy which provides services to the grounded or had a collision, then clearly • Aware; the bridge team must be However, when a collision or ground-shipping and offshore energy industries, the bridge crew must have lost their situ- aware and maintain a proper lookout ing does occur, Captain Whyte investi-explains how electronic data is making ational awareness.” • Anticipation; the vessel should gates the incident using electronic data, accident investigation clearer by provid- He says that every deck of? cer should travel at a safe speed giving space and some of which is freely available, to es-ing irrefutable evidence. have a good working knowledge of the time to assess if there’s a risk of collision tablish the exact causes.“Fundamentally, situational awareness International Regulations for Preventing • Application; the crew should know E-navigation is de? ned by the IMO as,underpins everything we do”, said Cap- Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGS), the COLREGS and particularly the risk “the harmonized collection, integration, tain Whyte. “Whether that’s crossing and in using these ‘rules of the [sea] of collision, and should follow the regu- exchange, presentation and analysis of Photo: Shutterstock14 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • SEPTEMBER 2018MR #9 (10-17).indd 14 MR #9 (10-17).indd 14 9/5/2018 11:14:36 AM9/5/2018 11:14:36 AM