Authors :
Joel Michael Ojode; Bian Hogwei
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 11 - November
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Abstract :
The country is situated in south of the
equator,Tanzania hopes to be able to improve its
economic status through maritime trade in the future.
Because the country is a major maritime power in East
Africa requires marine modern navigation equipment
which in many ways i.e. ECDIS. This research paper is
aimed to studythe factors that hinder thesafety of marine
navigation, andthe requirement of new standard ECDIS
to mitigate marine navigation disasters as have been
analyzed.The paperuses data of Tanzania’sIndian
Ocean, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake
Nyasa.The researchanalyzes data qualitatively, tables
and charts descriptivelybased on the collected data. The
analysis shows that there is limitation and failures of
ECDISapplication due tothe lack of thefollowing
surveyed water,modern navigation equipment, ECDIS
on the ship below 150tons navigating in lakes, thescale to
keep track of weight limits for small boat, investment in
modern navigation equipment and meteorological
equipment for inland water bodies. Therefore these are
factors contributing to poor performance of maritime
transport industry and hence decline of maritime safety
navigation. The paper recommends establishing
ofNational Maritime Bureau or the Waterway Bureau
and theuse ofUPS to protect the sensitive electronics
from variations in the voltage supplied to them. For
sustainable development of marine navigation and
hencefacilitating shipping trade in Tanzania.
Keywords :
ECDIS, Marine, Navigation, Tanzania
The country is situated in south of the
equator,Tanzania hopes to be able to improve its
economic status through maritime trade in the future.
Because the country is a major maritime power in East
Africa requires marine modern navigation equipment
which in many ways i.e. ECDIS. This research paper is
aimed to studythe factors that hinder thesafety of marine
navigation, andthe requirement of new standard ECDIS
to mitigate marine navigation disasters as have been
analyzed.The paperuses data of Tanzania’sIndian
Ocean, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake
Nyasa.The researchanalyzes data qualitatively, tables
and charts descriptivelybased on the collected data. The
analysis shows that there is limitation and failures of
ECDISapplication due tothe lack of thefollowing
surveyed water,modern navigation equipment, ECDIS
on the ship below 150tons navigating in lakes, thescale to
keep track of weight limits for small boat, investment in
modern navigation equipment and meteorological
equipment for inland water bodies. Therefore these are
factors contributing to poor performance of maritime
transport industry and hence decline of maritime safety
navigation. The paper recommends establishing
ofNational Maritime Bureau or the Waterway Bureau
and theuse ofUPS to protect the sensitive electronics
from variations in the voltage supplied to them. For
sustainable development of marine navigation and
hencefacilitating shipping trade in Tanzania.
Keywords :
ECDIS, Marine, Navigation, Tanzania
