{"id":46418,"date":"2025-12-07T12:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?page_id=46418"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:24:19","slug":"bridge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- =========================================================\nMaritimeHub \u2013 Bridge Hub (HTML drop-in)\nSame nav pattern as AIS \/ Engine: single tree, animated\nprogress line, mobile drawer.\n========================================================= -->\n\n<div class=\"mh-brg-mobilebar\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Bridge mobile\">\n  <button class=\"mh-brg-mobilebar__toggle\" type=\"button\" id=\"mhBrgDrawerOpen\" aria-controls=\"mhBrgDrawer\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n    <svg viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect y=\"2\" width=\"16\" height=\"2\" rx=\"1\"\/><rect y=\"7\" width=\"16\" height=\"2\" rx=\"1\"\/><rect y=\"12\" width=\"16\" height=\"2\" rx=\"1\"\/><\/svg>\n    Contents\n  <\/button>\n  <div class=\"mh-brg-mobilebar__title\">Bridge Hub<\/div>\n  <span class=\"mh-brg-mobilebar__spacer\"><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"mh-brg-drawer-backdrop\" id=\"mhBrgDrawerBackdrop\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"mh-brg-drawer\" id=\"mhBrgDrawer\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Bridge navigation\">\n  <div class=\"mh-brg-drawer__head\">\n    <span class=\"mh-brg-drawer__title\">Bridge Hub<\/span>\n    <button class=\"mh-brg-drawer__close\" type=\"button\" id=\"mhBrgDrawerClose\" aria-label=\"Close menu\">\u00d7<\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mh-brg-drawer__body\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n\n<div class=\"mh-brg-shell\">\n\n  <nav class=\"mh-brg-nav\" id=\"mhBrgPrimaryNav\" aria-label=\"Bridge sections\">\n    <p class=\"mh-brg-nav-title\">Bridge Hub<\/p>\n    <ul class=\"mh-brg-tree\">\n      <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path \/><\/svg>\n\n      <li class=\"mh-brg-cat\" data-open=\"true\">\n        <button class=\"mh-brg-cat-toggle\" type=\"button\">Bridge &amp; 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This page is your hub &mdash; the left menu is your navigation system map.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"mh-brg-hero-right\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"Bridge navigation hub hero image\" loading=\"lazy\">\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-cta-row\">\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/bridge-team-roles\/\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mh-brg-cta-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/elearning_4651496.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\">\n          <div class=\"mh-brg-cta-title\">Build Foundations<\/div>\n          <div class=\"mh-brg-cta-sub\">Watchkeeping &rarr; COLREGs &rarr; Compasses &rarr; real bridge mindset.<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/how-navigation-systems-actually-fail\/\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mh-brg-cta-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10595761.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\">\n          <div class=\"mh-brg-cta-title\">Solve a Nav Problem<\/div>\n          <div class=\"mh-brg-cta-sub\">CPA tight, alarms firing, equipment degraded &mdash; structured fault-finding.<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/calculators-checklists-hub\/\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mh-brg-cta-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tollbox_9847813.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\">\n          <div class=\"mh-brg-cta-title\">Tools<\/div>\n          <div class=\"mh-brg-cta-sub\">UKC, ETA, set &amp; drift, passage plan templates and checklists.<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"mh-brg-block\" id=\"on-watch\">\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-block-head\">\n        <h2>On Watch<\/h2>\n        <p>Fast entry points for the common &#8220;bridge reality&#8221; moments.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-cards\">\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/colregs-restricted-visibility\/\">\n          <strong>Visibility dropping, contacts on radar<\/strong>\n          <span>Rule 19, sound signals, safe speed, when to alter and why not to port.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/ecdis-alarms-and-alert-management\/\">\n          <strong>ECDIS alarms flooding the screen<\/strong>\n          <span>Safety contour cross, guard zones, XTE, alarm philosophy and silence discipline.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/anchor-drag\/\">\n          <strong>Anchor may be dragging<\/strong>\n          <span>Confirming, scope, windlass readiness, main engine notice, heave-up decision.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/gps-accuracy-errors-and-failure-modes\/\">\n          <strong>Position jumping, GPS unreliable<\/strong>\n          <span>Spoofing, jamming, multipath, what to cross-check, and when to stop trusting it.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/man-overboard-procedures\/\">\n          <strong>Man overboard<\/strong>\n          <span>Williamson, Anderson, Scharnov &mdash; choosing the manoeuvre and sustaining response.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/fire-on-the-bridge\/\">\n          <strong>Fire on the bridge<\/strong>\n          <span>Navigate first, fight second. Backup steering, control from ECR, abandonment.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"mh-brg-block\" id=\"pre-arrival\">\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-block-head\">\n        <h2>Pre-Arrival &amp; Planning<\/h2>\n        <p>The work that determines whether the berth or pilot station is routine or eventful.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-cards\">\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/passage-planning-apem-explained\/\">\n          <strong>Passage Planning &ndash; APEM<\/strong>\n          <span>Appraise, Plan, Execute, Monitor. The core discipline done properly.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/under-keel-clearance-ukc-planning\/\">\n          <strong>UKC Planning<\/strong>\n          <span>Chart datum, tide, draft, squat, heel, wave allowance, safety margin.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/mpx-master-pilot-exchange\/\">\n          <strong>Master&ndash;Pilot Exchange<\/strong>\n          <span>What a real MPX covers, what the pilot card contains, handover discipline.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/pre-arrival-preparation\/\">\n          <strong>Pre-Arrival Preparation<\/strong>\n          <span>Checklists done properly: steering, comms, anchor, pilot ladder, pilot boarding.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/tidal-calculations-and-secondary-ports\/\">\n          <strong>Tidal calcs &amp; secondary ports<\/strong>\n          <span>Standard port, time and height differences, interpolation, met effects.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/contingency-abort-points\/\">\n          <strong>Contingency &amp; Abort Points<\/strong>\n          <span>Why plans have to include the &#8220;do not proceed&#8221; decision points.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"mh-brg-block\" id=\"visuals\">\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-block-head\">\n        <h2>Core References &amp; Visuals<\/h2>\n        <p>Plain-English explainers on the topics most bridge watchkeepers misunderstand.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-diagrams\">\n        <div class=\"mh-brg-diagram\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2019-04-21-10.07.43-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Modern bridge console during coastal passage\" loading=\"lazy\">\n          <div class=\"mh-brg-diagram-cap\">Modern bridge console &mdash; where the plan meets reality.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"mh-brg-diagram\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2019-04-21-10.07.43-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"ECDIS at sea\" loading=\"lazy\">\n          <div class=\"mh-brg-diagram-cap\">ECDIS is primary means of navigation &mdash; not a substitute for attention.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"mh-brg-diagram\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2019-04-21-10.07.43-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Watchkeeping at dusk\" loading=\"lazy\">\n          <div class=\"mh-brg-diagram-cap\">Train the eye: what a well-run bridge actually feels like.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"mh-brg-block\" id=\"checklists\">\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-block-head\">\n        <h2>Checklists &amp; Logs<\/h2>\n        <p>Operational paperwork that actually earns its place on the bridge.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-cards\">\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/passage-planning-templates\/\">\n          <strong>Passage Plan Template<\/strong>\n          <span>Full APEM-structured template &mdash; pilot card, wheelhouse poster data.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/calculators-checklists-hub\/\">\n          <strong>Calculators &amp; Checklists Hub<\/strong>\n          <span>Every bridge calculator and checklist indexed in one place.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n        <a class=\"mh-brg-card\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/ukc-calculator-under-keel-clearance-from-first-principles\/\">\n          <strong>UKC Calculator<\/strong>\n          <span>From first principles &mdash; not a fixed percentage of draft.<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n  <\/main>\n\n  <aside class=\"mh-brg-side\">\n    <div class=\"mh-brg-sidebox\">\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-sidebox-header\">Sponsored<\/div>\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-ad-slot\">300 &times; 250 Bridge sponsor slot<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"mh-brg-sidebox\">\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-sidebox-header\">Bridge Photos<\/div>\n      <figure class=\"mh-brg-gallery-figure\" id=\"mhBridgeGalleryWrap\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"mhBridgeGalleryImg\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2019-04-21-10.07.43-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bridge photo\" loading=\"lazy\">\n      <\/figure>\n      <div class=\"mh-brg-gallery-controls\">\n        <button class=\"mh-brg-gallery-btn\" id=\"mhBrgGalleryPrev\" type=\"button\">&larr; 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