1 Purpose
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1 Purpose

  1.1 The purpose of the bridge alert management (BAM) is to enhance the handling, distribution and presentation of alerts, applying the Guidelines on the application of SOLAS regulation V/15 to INS, IBS and bridge design (SN.1/Circ.265).

  1.2 The BAM harmonizes the priority, classification, handling, distribution and presentation of alerts, to enable the bridge team to devote full attention to the safe operation of the ship and to immediately identify any alert situation requiring action to maintain the safe operation of the ship.

  1.3 A central alert management human machine interface (CAM-HMI) for presenting alerts as individual alerts or as aggregated alerts supports the bridge team in the immediate identification of any abnormal situation, of the source and reason for the abnormal situation and supports the bridge team in its decisions for the necessary actions to be taken.

  1.4 The BAM architecture and the acknowledgement/silencing concept specified avoid unnecessary distraction of the bridge team by redundant and superfluous audible and visual alarm announcements. It reduces the cognitive load on the operator by minimizing the information presented to which is necessary to assess the situation.

  1.5 Further guidance on the presentation of alerts is provided in the Code on Alerts and Indicators, 2009 (resolution A.1021(26)) which is intended to provide general design guidance and to promote uniformity of type, location and priority for alerts and indicators.

Parent topic: Annex – Performance Standards for Bridge Alert Management
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