Close co-ordination between ship and shore is vital for
successful implementation. Identify all your stakeholders - class
society, insurers, charterers - and include them in your plans as
early as possible.
It's worth conducting a full analysis to determine how ECDIS on
board your vessels could change ways of working on shore. Practical
areas to look at include management of chart data and passage
planning. Successful implementation will require a re-write of your
company's safety management system, which is likely to be best
achieved through structured consultation between onboard and ashore
staff.
Inform shoreside stakeholders
• Review the impact ECDIS on-bourd will have on shore-side
operations
• Review company's safety management system
(Source: 10 Steps to ECDIS Mandation,
UKHO)
