Thread: Cargo ship detained in Brisbane after crew unable to use navigation equipment
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Default Cargo ship detained in Brisbane after crew unable to use navigation equipment
On Fri, 27 May 2016 06:38:26 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Wow! Thankfully they didn't get by with it. But I wonder how one could think they could pilot a vessel of this size without knowing how to pilot a vessel this size?

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They were probably using their cell phones or some other portable GPS.
:-)

The so called ECDIS equipment on a big ship is supposedly quite a bit
more complex as you might imagine.
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