Will captains be made redundant on bridges?

摘要

Technology is changing the role of captains from being leaders who control their ships, into vessel managers doing far less shiphandling and more delegation. The gradual introduction of ecdis and e-navigation is putting more emphasis on the navigator being in charge of voyage planning and application, pushing the captain further back from the bridge. As covered in this issue, Carnival Corp has gone further by reorganising bridge crews so that navigators control the ship.