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EARLY E-NAV ENTRIES ?The M/V Jean Anne (Pasha Ha- waii) and the  ve-ship Polar Tank- ers  eet (ConocoPhillips) have been equipped for some time with ECDIS/Planning networks conforming to SOLAS standards for paperless navi- gation. The M/V Jean Anne has been operated without paperless charts since delivery (2005), and Marjorie C, due to enter trade in 2014 will cer-tainly follow suit. Meanwhile, Polar Tankers is in early stages of discussing the value and/or need for choosing ei- ther paper or ECDIS instead of both means, which is their current practice. In 2014, SeaRiver Maritime will take delivery of two new Aframax tankers  tted with fully integrated bridges including ECDIS/planning networks. These new ships, the S/R Liberty Bay and S/R Eagle Bay, will re- place two older tankers, and join two others presently  tted with presently only with a single ECDIS meant to support paper-based navigation. But the newbuilds are creating a change in perspective for an existing SeaRiver ship, the S/R American Progress. Based on recent internal analyses, SeaRiver management has determined that there is less risk to navigational safety by using one or the other, paper or ENCs, than using both at the same time. SeaRiver management has now decided to transition their updated  eet to paperless navigation. This means the ships to remain in service will be retro tted with SOLAS-com- pliant ECDIS/planning networks by 2015. All four ships will be operated without paper. Separately, Polar Tankers is pres- ently embarking on a similar internal navigation safety risk analysis. The di- rection that they will take with their  eet is not  nalized yet. CHARTING THE WAY FORWARD The navigational safety issues being managed by these three companies raise a discussion that is pertinent to domestic maritime operations. For example, physical installations may exceed international requirements de- spite the absence of domestic imple-mentation of these requirements, and despite the complexities of retro tting new network technologies and sensor interfaces into older bridges. NAVIGATION mmÜÜWW==EEPPPPTTFFOOPPTTJJRRMMNNNN ccññWW==EEPPPPTTFF==UUPPTTJJTTTTUURRbbWW==ÜÜÉÉ~~ÇÇÑÑääììëëÜÜÉÉêê]]~~ÜÜÉÉ~~ÇÇíí~~ååââKKÅÅççããttÉÉÄÄWW==ïïïïïïKK~~ÜÜÉÉ~~ÇÇíí~~ååââKKÅÅççãã++==``ÜÜÉÉããááÅÅ~~ää==ooÉÉëëááëëíí~~ååíí==++==ooììëëíí==CC==``ççêêêêççëëááççåå==mmêêççççÑÑ====++==llÇÇççêê==ccêêÉÉÉÉ==++==aaììêê~~ÄÄääÉÉ==++==``ççããéé~~ÅÅíí====++==iiááÖÖÜÜíí==ttÉÉááÖÖÜÜííqqóóééÉÉ==ffff==ppÉÉïï~~ÖÖÉÉ==qqêêÉÉ~~ííããÉÉååíí==mmää~~ååíí==EEppqqmmFFrp=`ç~ëí=dì~êÇ=`ÉêíáÑáÉÇ ~åÇ=fjl=OMNM=^ééêçîÉÇ qqÜÜÉÉááëë==ÅÅççååëëííêêììÅÅííÉÉÇÇ==ççÑÑ==eeÉÉ~~îîóódd~~ììÖÖÉÉ==iiii==mmççääóóÉÉííÜÜÉÉääóóååÉÉ==ììëëááååÖÖ==ííÜÜÉÉ==ããççëëíí~~ÇÇîî~~ååÅÅÉÉÇÇ==ëëíí~~ííÉÉJJççÑÑJJííÜÜÉÉJJ~~êêíí==êêççíí~~ííááççåå~~ääããççääÇÇááååÖÖ==ééêêççÅÅÉÉëëëë==ÅÅêêÉÉ~~ííááååÖÖ==~~==ììååááíí==ííÜÜ~~íí==ááëëWW++==iiççïï==jj~~ááååííÉÉåå~~ååÅÅÉÉwww.marinelink.com MN 41MN Dec2013 Layout 32-49.indd 41MN Dec2013 Layout 32-49.indd 4111/25/2013 12:50:49 PM11/25/2013 12:50:49 PM