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Terrestrial Navigation D (2 cr)

Code: MM22O104-3001

General information


Enrollment

15.06.2023 - 29.10.2023

Timing

30.10.2023 - 10.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Maritime Management, Captain

Teachers

  • Lasse Lusto
  • Emilia Lindroos

Groups

  • MMC22D-Å
    Maritime Management, Captain, 2022, full-time studies

Objective

The student can
• perform chart plotting through marking courses on a nautical chart and making position controls and course corrections on the basis of current and drift.
• make entries to the ship’s logbook.
• draw, assess and realise a route plan.

Content

• Introduction to ship simulator
• Route planning
• Leeway and corrections caused by it
• Drift
• Construction of and calculating drift angles
• Simulator exercises
• Rhumb line calculations
• Ship’s log and other relevant bridge documentation
• Weather information
• ECDIS introduction

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Terrestrial Navigation C, Mathematics 2
Navigational Aids: Radar
Navigational Aids: GNSS, compasses and steering.