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ISSN 2083-6473
				ISSN 2083-6481 (electronic version)
				Editor-in-Chief
				
				Associate Editor
				Prof. Tomasz Neumann
				Published by
				TransNav, Faculty of Navigation
				Gdynia Maritime University 
				3, John Paul II Avenue
				81-345 Gdynia, POLAND
				
				e-mail transnav@umg.edu.pl
			Determining Ship's Safe Speed and Best Possible Speed for Sea Voyage Legs
							
							
								1 Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland
							
							
							ABSTRACT: The purpose and scope of this paper is to describe factors to consider when determining the ship's safe speed as well as the best speed for the sea voyage legs including directions related to vessel speed that are given in ColRegs, voyage orders and charter parties. Author also tried to describe the definition for the following notions: ship maneuvering, ship handling, safe speed, best possible speed for sea voyage legs.
							KEYWORDS: Safety at Sea, Colregs, Ship Handling, Ship Manoeuvering, Ship's Safe Speed, Best Possible Speed, Sea Voyage Legs, Ship's Speed 
							REFERENCES
							Teekay procedure Doc. No: SP0496 version 9 for Voyage Orders and Instructions.
								Teekay Standard Operating Practices Doc No: SP1115 Version: 1
								Passage Planning Standard Operating Practices Doc No: SP0237 Version: 18, Teekay.
								International Rules and Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at Sea (ColRegs),
								Maersk Line Ship-handling 8.02.01and Ship Maneuverability L203-L210 documentation.
							Citation note:
							Rutkowski G.: Determining Ship's Safe Speed and Best Possible Speed for Sea Voyage Legs. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 10, No. 3, doi:10.12716/1001.10.03.07, pp. 425-430, 2016
			
							
							
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