Thanks - Good reading and very informative. Joe Amato.

Mariners are advised that ECDIS may not display some isolated shoal depths when operating in "base or standard display" mode. Route planning and monitoring alarms for these shoal depths may not always be activated. To ensure safe navigation and to confirm that a planned route is clear of such dangers, mariners should visually inspect the planned route and any deviations from it using ECDIS configured to display "all data". The automated voyage planning check function should not be solely relied upon. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is leading technical action to resolve this matter. Further information will be made available through Notices to Mariners". This RNW has been repeated in some, but by no means all, NAVAREAS. Please note that MCA are issuing the warning to the UK fleet and your administration should consider undertaking similar action with your fleet.

John Ross has been awarded the Leslie Olivier Award for Surveyor of the Year 2009 by the YDSA (Yacht Designer's and Surveyor's Association)!

Our Principal Surveyor, John Ross, has been upgraded to Accredited Surveyor status by the Yacht Designer's and Surveyor's Association reflecting the high level of expertise and experience he has achieved as a yacht surveyor.

UK gas safety charity, The CORGI Trust, and The Port of Liverpool Police force were last month urging foreign vessel crew members arriving into UK ports, and all personnel working on vessels, to be aware of the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. Port of Liverpool police are now using personal carbon monoxide detectors when inspecting ships. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colourless gas that is present in the exhaust produced in gasoline engines. Ships release carbon monoxide through the exhaust ports of vessels that are either idling or underway and exhaust from generator sets. When inhaled, carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in tissues. Nigel Dumbrell, trust manager of The CORGI Trust addd, â??We are witnessing more ship related cases each day. Our concern is not only for the vessel crew members but also for those who have to inspect the ships, such as our emergency services. â??Thereâ??s no other way to detect carbon monoxide other than through an audible carbon monoxide alarm.