Navigation Audit Form

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This form is to be completed at least once every three months by the Master to ensure that navigational practices

and bridge procedures are correctly and consistently applied. Should the answer to any question be in the negative,

then suitable remarks along with corrective action is to be made and a copy sent to the management office.

Supplementary questions may be added by the Master as necessary.

N°	Question	Reference	Comments / Corrective Actions
	BRIDGE MANAGEMENT
1	Has the Master recorded his own Standing Orders, are they kept along with the Company’s Standing Orders and are they signed and understood by all bridge watch keeping officers?	SOM 3.1.1 SOM 3.1.2 NVG 23
2	SMM Navigation procedures (SOM) available on the bridge?	SOM 3.1.1

3	Are daily bridge orders prepared and written in the bridge order book?	SOM 3.1.1 VIQ 4.9
4	Pilot information card available? Maneuvering characteristics posted?	SOM 3.7.12 VIQ 4.7
5	Are the Master and his officers aware of their responsibilities when a pilot is on board?	SOM 3.4.11
6	Have all charts and publications, including electronic charts when carried, been corrected to the most recent notices?	SOM 3.8.2 SOM 3.1.1.j VIQ 4.13
7	Random checks on chart corrections performed by Master (Form NVG22)?	SOM 3.8.2 TMSA
8	Are all cancelled charts marked accordingly and been removed from the bridge?	SOM 3.8.2
9	Are Nav warnings received via notices to mariners or Navtex being filed and used where appropriate?	SOM 3.8.2 SOM 3.4.4
10	Are the Deck Log and Bridge Movement (Bell) Books being correctly filled in with clear entries? Made in ink and not in pencil.	SOM 3.8.5 VIQ 4.3
11	Records maintained of fire rounds being completed after each watch? (if applicable)	SOM 3.4.2 VIQ 4.6
	NAVIGATION / PASSAGE PLANNING
12	Are passage planning procedures being properly carried out and the relevant forms and checklists being completed?	SOM 3.3 Form Manual VIQ 4.20
13	Are adequate publications used for Appraisal of Passage Planning?	SOM 3.3.2
14	Relevant information within publication highlighted for ease of reference?
15	Passage Plan prepared from berth to berth ?	SOM 3.1.1
16	Largest scale charts available and in use ?	SOM 3.8.2
17	Has Under Keel Clearance been calculated and recorded for all aspects of the voyage (sea passage / shallow waters / port) ?	SOM 3.2.9 VIQ4.2
19	Are appropriate checklists being used for various stages of passage including arrival/departure? (pre-arrival / pre-departure / watch handover / pilot-master exchange…)	SOM 3.4 Form Manual VIQ 4.5
20	Have checklists been completed and log entries made for navigating in adverse conditions?	SOM 3.5
21	Following should be marked on charts: Parallel index / No go areas / safe distance off / Abort position / prominent navigation and radar marks / headings / chart changes / position where echo sounder should be activated / Contingency etc.	VIQ 4.20
22	Is there evidence to support position fixing being carried out at least to the frequencies listed in SOM?	SOM 3.4.1
23	Is parallel indexing technique in use during voyage monitoring?	SOM 3.4.1
24	Plotted fixes in accordance with the passage plan?	VIQ 4.21
25	At least 2 methods of position fixing charted?	VIQ 4.22
26	GPS adjusted to the correct datum? (WGS84)	VIQ 4.24
27	Is there evidence to show that officers are taking celestial fixes for practice purposes?	SOM 3.4.1
28	Is there evidence to show that officers are practicing radar plotting in good visibility and safe conditions?	BPG
29	Is effective use made of Navigational Aids available GPS, ARPA etc	SOM 3.1.2
30	Are Engines, thrusters (if available) being effectively used during manoeuvring?	SOM 3.1.2
31	Are Helm and Helmsman effectively used
32	Are OOW aware of the circumstances where he is required to call the master	SOM 3.1.2
33	Are OOW aware of the actions in case of emergency? i.e. Steering Failure etc	SOM 3.1.2
34	Is there effective close loop communication between bridge team during manoeuvring? i.e. helm, engine orders etc
35	Is transfer of CON effectively communicated and logged between Master & OOW	BPG
	BRIDGE EQUIPMENT
36	Bridge equipment fully operational? (Radars – ARPA – AIS – Doppler – Echo sounder – etc.)	SOM 3.7.1
37	Deck officers familiarized with bridge equipment (Form NVG 11)?	SOM 3.1.2.c
38	Procedure in place for testing of bridge equipment before arrival and departure?	VIQ 4.4
39	Instructions for routine / emergency control of Main Engine and Steering Gear posted?	SOM 3.7.15 TMSA
40	Auto to manual steering changeover procedures clearly identified and displayed?	VIQ 4.8 SOLAS V 26.3.2
41	Are Gyro and Magnetic compass errors being carried out and recorded once a watch? If it has not been possible has the fact been recorded compass error book?	SOM 3.4.3 SOM 3.7.6 VIQ 4.11
42	Deviation card of Magnetic compass displayed, and verified by the Master annually?	SOM 3.7.6
43	Magnetic compass last adjusted by shore technician?
44	Errors recorded in the compass error book agree with deviation card?	VIQ 4.12
45	Gyro compass last serviced?	SOM 3.7.6
46	Gyro compass repeaters aligned?	SOM 3.7.6
47	Off course alarm regularly tested?	SOLAS V26.3.2
48	Is the chronometer being checked daily for errors and such errors recorded in the chronometer rate book?	SOM 3.7.2
49	Information on Blind sectors (radars) posted?	SOM 3.7.3
50	Echo sounder: trace marked with date/time/location when used? (stop / start)	SOM 3.7.7 VIQ 4.17
51	Echo sounder used in coastal waters?	SOM 3.7.7
52	Trace marked with date/time on course recorder at noon / FAOP / EOSP?	SOM 3.7.11
53	Quantity and condition of binoculars?
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