Use of ECDIS part II

As a follow up to our initial Survey which provided some really useful information, we would like to request your additional help in answering the following questions. If your vessels do not use ECDIS then there is no need to complete. Additionally we anticipate that you will need to contact your Masters to obtain the information so please do so. We would like to receive responses by Friday 10th of May 2019.

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* 1. How do you define safe water in shallow waters?

safety contour

no-go areas or danger lines

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* 2. How long does it take the system to re-load or refresh when jumping between scales?

less than a second

up to 5 seconds

longer than 5 seconds

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* 3. When was your ECDIS hardware installed?

less than 2 years ago.

2 to 10 years ago.

over 10 years ago.

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* 4. If available, how reliable is you RADAR overlay.

always shows a good RADAR image over land

sometimes works

cannot be relied upon to verify GNSS

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* 5. Where ECDIS is primary on the Ships Safety Equipment certificate (Form C, Form E or Form P as appropriate), how would you describe your paper back-up status?

negligible, no time impact

it takes up more time and resources than it should do

almost same requirement and time as a paper ship