Terrestrial Navigation D (2 cr)
Code: MM22O104-3003
General information
Enrollment
15.06.2025 - 02.11.2025
Timing
03.11.2025 - 14.11.2025
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
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MMC24D-ÅMaritime Management, Captain, 2024, daytime 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.