Ship maneuvering is a technique of how to take a ship from one place to another designated place effectively, efficiently, and safely to carry out an activity by utilizing internal and external resources. It is necessary to make the activity of ship maneuvering as efficient as possible, in terms of time and the use of fuel. It is also important to maneuver safely to protect the ship from danger.
The Captain and Deck Officer must have comprehensive knowledge of ship maneuvering to carry out their watch duty in ship maneuvering properly and correctly. They must be able to utilize the ship maneuvering data on the ship and external force, which can assist the implementation of the ship maneuvering.
The implementation of ship maneuvering highly depends on various factors, namely the factors which come from internal of the ship itself and the factors which come from outside the ship, all of which must be understood by the captain and officer for implementing the ship maneuvering as well as avoiding the incidents at sea.