IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE METHODS FOR STUDYING COLREG RULES

The ship incidents are related to the loss of human life, significant damage to the marine environment and loss of load. They depend on hydro-meteorological conditions, the density of ship traffic, and the condition of the hull and skills of the officer of the watch. The convention STCW sets various requirements regarding mandatory learning and training of navigators for obtaining the relevant knowledge and skills. Despite of modern technologies for facilitating of navigational watch the number of collisions did not decline. The last IMO bulletin reports that more than 90 percent of collisions are resulted from the human factors: initiated by human error or associated with human error as a result of inappropriate human response. This fact put a question for applying appropriate methods for teaching and training of seafarers in COLREG. The paper propose innovative method for understanding, application and testing of COLREG of navigational officers.