Overview

A definitive guide to navigating and collision avoidance when sailing through a TSS, thisbook is a must for all deck officers when learning the application of Rule 10 of the COLREGS.

Kevin Vallance began his seagoing career at the age of 16 years with Shaw Savill and Albion Company Limited. After completion of his deck officer cadetship at Warsash School of Navigation he was employed as second mate with South Coast Shipping Company,working on marine aggregate suction dredgers in the limited European trading area.

In 1986 aged 28 years after obtaining a Limited European Trade command endorsement he was promoted to Master with that company, a role which he held for 19 years. At the age of 45 Kevin returned to South Tyneside College to complete his Masters foreign going unlimited certificate of competency. It was during the periods of shore study that he started to be concerned about standards of sea going watch keeping, in particular COLREGs understanding and application.

In 2006 he became a Trinity House Licensed deep sea pilot, working with George Hammond Shipping. As a deep sea pilot Kevin has worked onboard a variety of vessel types including ultra-large container vessels, tankers, bulk carriers, cruise ships, car carriers and visiting war ships. His specialised local knowledge has also been utilised to assist with VTS services for cable and pipe laying operations and salvage works. This varied work has been with many different and often multi-national crews.

With a passion for safety at sea and in particular with navigation safety, Kevin is currently vice-chairman of the United Kingdom Maritime Pilots Association Technical and Training Committee whom he regularly represents at the United Kingdom Safety of Navigation committee meetings which are held by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

It was after attending an Anglo-French navigation meeting to discuss the possibility of introduction of a speed limit for all vessels in the Dover Strait in 2010 that the idea of this book was first discussed with other concerned people.Initial work with Witherby revolved around revision of the English Channel Passage Planning Guide, to which this book should be considered complementary.

Content

Section 1 Understanding Rule 10 and the need for TSS Routeing Measures
1A History of Ship Routeing and the Development of Traffic Separation Schemes
2The Concept and Application of Traffic Separation
3Rule 10 Traffic Separation Schemes

Section 2 The use of Colregs when Operating in the Vicinity of a TSS
4Approaching and Entering a TSS
5Lookout
6Case Study of the Grounding of LT Cortesia on the Varne Bank
7Assessing Risk of a Collision
8Case Study of the Close Quarters Situation between the Costa Atlantica and the Grand Neptune
9Safe Speed
10Case Study Collision Between HSC The Venetian and Fishing Vessel Yue Tai Shan 33040 (Safe Speed) 69
11Action by Give-way Vessel
12Crossing Vessel Encounters within TSS
13Case Study Scot Isles and Wadi Halfa
14Action by Stand-on Vessel
15Case Study of the Collision between Sand Heron and Fv Celtit (Action by stand-on vessel)
16Overtaking in Clear Visibility
17Restricted Visibility
18Case Study Tricolor/Kariba/Clary
19Case Study British Trent and Western Winner

Section 3
20Defensive Navigation
21Hampered Vessels in a Crossing Situation
22High Speed Craft (HSC)
23A Special Case Three Green Lights in Singapore Strait
24Pilot Boarding Stations
25Glossary
26List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Details

Title: Rule 10 TSS: Traffic Separation Schemes
Number of Pages: 186
Product Code: WS1405K
ISBN: ISBN 13: 978-1-85609-605-8 (9781856096058), ISBN 10: 1-85609-605-X (185609605X)
Published Date: November 2013
Binding Format: Paperback
Book Height: 235 mm
Book Width: 155 mm
Book Spine: 12 mm
Weight: 1.00 kg