MARITIME INDUSTRY

  DECK LOG BOOK ENTRIES   IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ENTRY IN LOG BOOKS. Being a Deck Officer of a ship involves a myriad of responsibilities that are spread across different aspects of the vessel’s operation. Not only is the SAFE NAVIGATION is the prime responsibility but its documentation also holds equal importance to lend credibility as well as accountability to the task being executed. Safety can be ensured by following the rules and regulations of the sea, company checklist and last but not the least, filling out the bridge logbook which keeps the record of the situations tackled bu the ship while at sea. Full and proper entries should be made in the logbook to enable reconstruction of all important and relevant events that occurred during the voyage - at sea and in port. Deck watch-keeping officers are responsible for making full and accurate record of the various events that occur during a voyage. The Master and Chief officer must check the entries at noon of each day and confirm that

                                                                        Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs)                                                                                  Adoption: 20 October 1972   ENTRY INTO FORCE : 15 JULY 1977 The 1972 Convention was designed to update and replace the Collision Regulation of 1960 which were adopted at the Same time as the 1960 SOLAS Convention. One of the most important innovations in the 1972 COLREGs was thee recognition given to traffic separation schemes - Rule 10 gives guidance in determining safe speed, the risk of collision and the conduct of vessels operating in or near traffic separation schemes. The first such traffic separation scheme was established in the Dover Strait in 1967. It was operated on a voluntary basisi at first but in 1971 the IMP Assembly adopted a resolution stating that the observance of all the traffic separation schemes be made mandatory - and th