Tug and Barge Grounding Near Kodiak, Alaska Causes $1.4 Million in Damages

Good term, analogous to the early days of radar in the commercial fleet, the so-called 'radar-assisted collision."

Electronic Navigation Systems (ENS) can greatly enhance situational awareness during navigation because there’s no need to shift attention back and forth to the task of plotting.

During the planning stage however laying down tracklines manually with a pencil on a paper chart, while slow and tedious, did make it much more likely that depths and obstructions on track would be noticed. With ENCs the ability to add legs with a click means that process doesn’t happen. This is where the route check or route obstacle check come in.

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