UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF MARINE NAVIGATION LIGHTS

It is said that ‘precaution is better than cure’, similarly, being an enormous boat or ship, need lighting system too to avoid severe damage to the people sailing and to the vessel itself; it is the most important aspects of nautical studies emphasized on in college.

 The primary function of navigation lights is to aid the prevention of any major accident from happening. All boats whether the big or small need to have these lights as part of the navigation system. The colors of the lights are specified to be red, green and white. Marine offshore navigation lights are just simply lights colored electric lights fixed on ships which are used to indicate the size of the ship, the direction in which the ship is traveling and the angle where they should be visible. The location, the range, and the arc of visibility of these lights are fixed by international convection.

IMPORTANCE OF NAVIGATION LIGHTS

·        Lights aren’t just to indicate one’s own ship for identification by other vessels but also vice verse. According to them,’ The International Regulation for Preventing Collision At Sea’ (COLREGS)  it is probably the most important aspect in order to ascertain the status of any vessel in order to take the appropriate action.

·        Part C of the COLREGS published by the ‘International Maritime Organization (IMO) is titled as lights and shapes. ANNEX 1 of the COLREGS deals with the positioning and technical details of these lights and shapes and had precise data with regards to many aspects of offshore navigation lights whereas ANNEX 2 deals with the additional signals for fishing vessel. The visibility of these lights varies between 3-5 miles and has a longer range of visibility as compared to smaller boats.

·        These navigation lights work in a manner that they can indicate an approaching ship about the position of another ship in its path. This helps the person at the helm (steering) of the opposite ship to understand how much change needs to be done in the ship’s route.

·        As the visibility range of the ship is quite good between 3-5 miles, so if the boat is installed with an all-around light (fixed to the mast) then there no need of any further separate lights for the stern and the two sides of the boats.

Offshore navigation lights are an integral part of marine boats and ships that are commonly used. These lights are important for so many great reasons.

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