INTRODUCTION Assessment of the risk involved in a blind pilotage passage Although normally the accuracy of blind pilotage is such that a ship can be taken to an open anchorage and anchored within 50 yards of the desired place, the degree of risk involved, particularly in restricted waters, must be carefully assessed. ![]() ![]() Keywords: blind pilotage, blind anchorage. The organisation to achieve this is called the blind pilotage organisation, comprising a BP team, led by a BP Officer (BPO). The principal non-visual aid to navigation that enables this to be done is high-definition warning-surface radar, but all available nonvisual aids are employed. ![]() 1 PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF BLIND PILOTAGE AND ANCHORAGE 1 SIVRIU GEORGIANA, 2 GEORGESCU STEFAN 1,2 Constanta Maritime University, Romania ABSTRACT Blind pilotage means the navigation of the ship through restricted waters in low visibility with little or no recourse to the visual observation of objects outside the ship.
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