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ECDIS

Meaning in maritime & shipping, with examples

abbreviationCommon term

In maritime & shipping, ECDIS means: Electronic Chart Display and Information System: an approved computer system that shows official electronic charts together with the ship's position and can replace paper charts.

In Turkish: Elektronik Harita Gösterim ve Bilgi Sistemi, elektronik harita, ECDIS

How it is used

Now carried by most large merchant ships under SOLAS. Officers plan and check routes on it, set safety contours and alarms and monitor the ship's track. Type-specific ECDIS training is required for each make of equipment.

Example sentences

  1. The passage plan was checked on the ECDIS for shallow water alarms.

  2. Our main ECDIS failed, so we switched to the backup unit.

Common collocations

  • ECDIS route check
  • safety contour
  • ECDIS alarm
  • type-specific ECDIS training
  • nautical chartA map of a sea area made for navigation. It shows water depths, coastlines, dangers, buoys, lights and traffic routes.
  • passage planA detailed berth-to-berth plan for a voyage, prepared before departure, showing the route, waypoints, hazards, safe speeds, reporting points and contingency actions.
  • radarEquipment that sends out radio waves and shows their echoes on a screen, so that officers can see the coast, other ships and buoys and measure their range and bearing, even at night or in fog.
  • AISAutomatic Identification System: a system that automatically broadcasts a ship's identity, position, course, speed and other data by VHF so that other ships and shore stations can see it.

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