🔍 Key Concepts

• AMVER (Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System) reporting types (Sailing Plan, Position Report, Deviation Report, Arrival Report) • The purpose of a Sailing Plan in AMVER and when it is most useful to rescue coordination centers • Difference between a report sent before sailing and one sent around the time of departure

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: When does a rescue coordination center first need to know your intended route, speed, and schedule so they can track you effectively? • Consider whether an AMVER Sailing Plan is more like a pre-departure filing (like a float plan) or a routine position update sent after you are already underway. • Think about why AMVER distinguishes between a Sailing Plan and later Position or Deviation reports in terms of timing and content.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in current AMVER guidance whether the Sailing Plan is submitted as an initial report linked to departure, not as a general time window like 12 or 24 hours. • Check which option best reflects a specific event trigger (the act of sailing) rather than an arbitrary time period. • Confirm that the Sailing Plan must give an accurate intended route, speed, and ETA, and decide whether that information is most reliable right before departure or much earlier/later.