1. Answer the questions.

1. What was the officer of own vessel due to make?

2. What course was a container vessel steering?

3. What was the author concerned with?

4. What vessel headed for a collision course?

5. How did the author reach the vessel steering a collision course?

6. Which rules were violated and could become a cause of calamity?

2. Explain the following terms.

1. Near miss______________________________________________________________________

2. To take (the wrong) things for granted__________________________________________

3. To give a CPA____________________________________________________________

4. ALDIS lamp________________________________________________________________

5. ARPA________________________________________________________________________

3. Correct the mistakes.

1. Own vessel was due to make an alteration of course to 055⁰ in 15 minutes time.

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2.Own vessel on parallel course at a speed of 21 knots was overtaking cellular container ship on the port quarter, giving a CPA of 0.2 miles in 20 minutes. ____________________________________

3. The container ship was asked to alter her couse to starboard. _____________________________

4. The OOW must have decided to alter to starboard when he saw starboard and masthead lights of the own vessel. __________________________________________________________________

5. A close quarter situation with another vessel is not so dangerous as missing the way point by a few cables. ________________________________________________________________

4. Put the words in the correct order.

1. It, that, OOW, appears, put, have, the hard-over, wheel, the.

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2. made, overtaking, port, vessel, to keep clear, even after, we, our, the, to, had, alteration.

________________________________________________________________________________3. the, per, made, the, of, altering course to port, to make alteration, as, I, the passage plan, mistake.

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4. gave, five, I, with, the, small, concerned, her, flashes, on, the, ALDIS lamp, was, and, CPA.

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5. now,The, 0.1 mile, 0.2 miles, became, in, CPA, 10, previous, of, minutes.

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5. Give the analysis of the situation mentioned in the text above and draw a sketch of ships’ movement. Explain what could cause a calamity (бедствие) and evaluate a huge role of human factor in the failure to perform the bridge duties.

6. Read a near miss report (see a sample in annex).Complete a near miss report covering the following items.

1. Description of the situation;

2. Possible cause of situation (root cause) and possible consequences;

3. Which preventive measures have been taken;

4. Master's decision (plan for further handling of above incident)