Chief Mate CoC Practice Questions - Ghana Maritime Authority Certificate Of Competency - Chief Mate Exam

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As Chief Mate, your vessel is navigating in a congested area using ECDIS as the primary means of navigation. Suddenly, the primary ECDIS unit fails completely, and the backup unit also becomes inoperable shortly after. What is your immediate management-level priority and subsequent course of action?

Immediately switch to paper charts for navigation and inform the Master, then continue the voyage. Inform the Master, activate the contingency plan, switch to the designated backup arrangements (e.g., paper charts or secondary independent system), ensure all relevant information is transferred, and assess the impact on the passage plan and watchkeeping arrangements. Attempt to troubleshoot both ECDIS units simultaneously while maintaining a visual lookout. Reduce speed to bare steerageway and anchor at the first available opportunity, regardless of traffic or depth.

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Inform the Master, activate the contingency plan, switch to the designated backup arrangements (e.g., paper charts or secondary independent system), ensure all relevant information is transferred, and assess the impact on the passage plan and watchkeeping arrangements.

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