BSc Nautical Sciences VPCP II Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module I: VOYAGE PLANNING

• Elementary Knowledge of Passage Planning and execution – 4 stages of passage planning. Landfall in fog and clear weather. The selection of a suitable anchorage. COLLISION PREVENTION More detailed knowledge of ‘International Regulations for Preventing Collision at Sea’ than that at the first year level. IRPCS – Part C – Rules 20 to 26

Module II: VOYAGE PLANNING

• Development of electronic Chart display system. Raster & Vector Charts COLLISION PREVENTION IRPCS – Part C – Rules 27 to 31 The IALA system of buoyage

Module III: VOYAGE PLANNING

• To find the time and height of high and low water at Standard Ports.The use of Admiralty Tide tables and tidal curves to find the time at which the tide reaches a specified height or heights of the tide at a given time and thence the correction to be applied to soundings or charted heights of shore objects. COLLISION PREVENTION IRPCS – Part D – Rules 32 to 37, Part E – Rule 38
• 1 To determine ship’s position by the

Module Practical

• ‘running Fix’ method with and without current.
• 2 To find the ship’s position by ‘Doubling the angle on the Bow’ method.
• 3 The use of a station pointer to plot ships position - given two horizontal angles.
• 4 Collision situations in restricted visibility with or without Radar. Statutory obligations under both circumstances.
• 5 Recognition of various buoys and marks under IALA system and appropriate actions required under the rules.

Reference Books

This paper runs across both semesters of the year and the University prints one list of reference books for it, at the end of the second half. Her list is repeated here so that this half is not read as a paper she recommends no reading for.

• 1 Chartwork Capt. S.S. Chaudhari
• 2 Chartwork for Mariners Capt. S.K. Puri
• 3 Marine Chartwork D.A. Moore
• 4 IMO Rule of the Road Bhandarkar Publication
• 5 A guide to The Collision avoidance Rules A.N. Cockroft
• 6 International Light, Shape and sound Signal D.A. Moore
• 7 Admiralty IALA Maritime Buoyage System
• 8 Modern Chartwork W.H. Squair
• 9 Navigation for Watchkeepers L.W.J. Fifield
• 10 Shipborne Radar Capt. H. Subramanium
• 11 International regulations for Preventing Collision at Sea IMO
• 12 Manual of the Rule of the Road Capt. S.K. Puri Objective: -This subject exposes the students to Ship Operation Technology Paper- II, Bridge Procedure and legal Knowledge& Naval Architecture Paper - II