PASSAGE PLANNING IN PORTS - A NAUTICAL INSTITUTE GUIDE ...

The Nautical Institute3. The owner, the charterer, or the company, as defined in regulation IX/1,operating the ship or any other person shall not prevent or restrict the master of theship from taking or executing any decision which, in the master's professionaljudgement, is necessary for safe navigation and protection of the marineenvironment.* The “guidelines and recommendations developed by the Organization” are contained in IMOResolution A.893(21) - GUIDELINES FOR VOYAGE PLANNING, which states that“3.) Planning3.1) On the basis of the fullest possible appraisal, a detailed voyage or passage planshould be prepared which should cover the entire voyage or passage from berth toberth 2 , including those areas where the services of a pilot will be used. …”With respect to Port Passage Planning, the IMO has considered this within Resolution A.960(23)- “RECOMMENDATIONS ON TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR MARITIMEPILOTS OTHER THAN DEEP-SEA PILOTS”.This will be further considered later in the paper whenlooking at the Master / Pilot Exchange.Within the UK, the [now] Department for Transport has published the Port Marine Safety Code[PMSC]. For UK port authorities, compliance with its recommendations is mandatory and,although few other countries have adopted similar framework documents, PMSC is increasinglybeing seen as the basis for best practices in ports world-wide. §2.4 of the PMSC deals with theRegulation and Management of Navigation. This is reproduced, in part, at Annex II to thispaper.2Bold text inserted for emphasis4 / 2109-11-2009Passage Planning in Ports_v2