Drills

The Drill Planner keeps the ship’s drills on time and makes each one worth something. The cards at the top show every drill type with its minimum interval, the date it was last completed and a red "overdue" when the interval has passed. The intervals follow SOLAS and the ISPS Code and change with the ship type you set in Settings — fire and abandon ship monthly on cargo ships and weekly on passenger ships, enclosed space entry and rescue every 2 months, emergency steering and security every 3 months.

Scenarios rotate: the list is ordered least recently used first, so the crew does not practise the same engine-room fire every month. Each drill records its muster time, a debrief, the lessons learned and the corrective actions.

Everyone, on every plan. Drills live in the ship file on the phone. A drill you mark completed is also noted in your training progress, which goes to the Master on a ship licence.

1. Open "Drills" from the Ship & crew menu and check the cards at the top for anything marked "overdue".
2. Under "Schedule next drill" pick the "Type", then a "Scenario" — the list starts with the one used longest ago — or tap the dice button to take the suggestion. Read the "Briefing" that appears under it.
3. Set the "Date" and tap "Schedule drill". It appears below as "scheduled".
4. After the drill, enter the "Muster time" (mm:ss) and tap "Mark completed".
5. Fill in "Debrief notes" (what actually happened), "Lessons learned" (what the crew will do differently) and "Corrective actions" (concrete follow-ups with an owner and a date).
6. Read "Where each drill comes from" for the rule behind every drill type on your ship — the minimum interval, its reference and a short note.

• If your company or flag asks for more than the rule, follow the stricter one — the planner shows the minimum.
• Abandon-ship and fire drills must be held within 24 hours of leaving port when more than a quarter of the crew did not take part in the last one on this ship.
• In the enclosed-space drill use the ship’s atmosphere tester, calibrated and with someone who can operate it.
• Some drills have no fixed interval in the rules — damage control on cargo ships, man overboard, oil spill, blackout — and follow the company’s drill matrix. The card says so rather than inventing a number.

• Inspectors now assess what the crew learned, not only how often the alarm rang. They check each required drill is inside its interval, that scenarios vary, and that muster times are recorded.
• They read the debrief for what went wrong and the lessons learned for what changed, then ask crew members about the last drill — the answers should match the record.
• An enclosed-space drill without the atmosphere tester, or a lifeboat never lowered with its crew, is a common finding.

• The planner records dates, scenarios and notes — not an attendance list or photos. Keep the official drill record as your flag and company require.
• Deleting a drill with the bin icon is immediate; there is no undo.
• Only drills marked completed count for the overdue check and the training progress.
• The regulation references were checked in October 2026 and are re-checked by the weekly content review.