The Nautical Institute has recently published its Strategic Plan for 2016 – 2020 and we are pleased to see that the Nautical Institute has identified this an area of priority and to quote – “strongly believe that the on board navigation audits are essential to improve navigation safety, provided that the auditors are independent (not port or flag state) and working to a high standard”. Orcades Marine has recently completed a successful series of Navigation Audits for Bernard Schulte Shipmanagement (UK) Ltd and we are currently providing specialised teams of experienced Master Mariners and Pilot assessors providing independent evaluation of the bridge team through the Navigational Audit process which can be tailored to suit areas of particular concern. As an important part of that process on board training and advice is given to the bridge team by the auditor.