The Nautical Institute issued its newest edition of The Navigator focusing on the importance of Situational Awareness as a key component of safe navigation. Maintaining good situational awareness can be challenging and there are many things on a bridge that can cause distraction or overload.
In addition, human vision is not perfect and needs to be complemented with other tools such as radar, AIS, and even listening to VHF radio traffic, notes David Patraiko FNI, Director of Projects, The...
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