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INTRODUCTION
Ineverykindoftravel,whetheronland,intheair,oratthesea,onemustbe
properlyprepareiThestartofeachnewvoyageattheseamustbeprecededby
aprocessleadingtothepreparationofthevoyageorpassageplan,whichiscalled
thevoyageorpassageplanningiThisprocesscoversallorderedvoyagestages,start-
ingfromappraisal,planning,execution,andendingwithmonitoringiThepurposeof
voyage(passage)planningistodevelopacomprehensivenavigationplanforthesafe
conductoftheshipfromuberthtoberth”andtoensuretheprotectionofthemarine
environmentiThemeaningoftheword
voyage
and
passage
istakenasequivalentin
thishandbook,however,tomaintaintheuniformityofthevocabularyused,theword
voyageismuchmoreoftenrepeatedi
Theplanfortheintendedpassageshouldidentifyaroutewhich:
•Recogniseshazards,andassessesassociatedrisksanddecisionpoints;
•Ensuresthatsufficientsearoomanddepthofwaterisavailable;
•Complieswithrelevantreportingrequirementsandrouteingmeasuresforship;
•Takesintoaccountanticipatedenvironmentalprotectionmeasures[32]i
Inthehistoryofthenavigationonecanfindsomeespeciallyimportantpoints
thatchangedtherulesofsailingandvoyagesiUSnavalofficer,MatthewFontaine
Maury,pioneerhydrographer,andoneofthefoundersofoceanography,distributed
tocaptainsspeciallypreparedlogbooksfromwhichhecompiledpilotchartswith
informationonmaritimewindsandcurrentsiThesechartscontributedtoshorten
thetimeofseavoyagesandcontainedrecommendedroutesiIn1855hepublished
his
SailingDirections
includedasectionwithrecommendationseastboundandwest-
boundsteamerstravelinseparatelinesintheNorthAtlanticOceantopreventcolli-
sionsi
Thefollowingeventswereimportantmilestonesinthehistoryofvoyage(pas-
sage)planning,andshipsrouting:
•1912-RMS
Titanic
sunkonApril15
th
;
•1914-
InternationalConventionfortheSafetyoflifeatSea
(SOLASConven-
tion)wasstarted;
•1955-FirstcommercialShipRoutingServicesinUSAwereestablished;
•1959-FoundationoftheInternationalMaritimeOrganization(IMO);
•1974-TheSOLAS74Conventionwasupdatedandamended;
•1978-
InternationalConventiononStandardsofTraining,Certificationand
WatchkeepingforSeafarers
(STCWConvention)adoptedonJuly7
th
iEntry
intoforceonApril28
th
1984(majorrevisionsin1995and2010);
•1999-
Guidelinesforvoyageplanning
(IMOResolutionAi893(21)adopted
onNovember25
th
1999);
•2010-TheSTCWConventionrevisedandsupportingSTCWCode(Manila
AmendmentstotheSTCWConventionandCode)i
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