COVER SHEET FOR TYPE SPECIFIC NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT FAMILIARIZATION

CHECKLIST
Section A: FAMILIARIZATION
This is to state that Mr. ___________________________________
who joinied MV/MT _____________________________________ on (Date): ___________________
has been familiarized with the use of the Electronic Navigation Equipment onboard this vessel, by way of previous experience with this equipment, or
familiarization onboard, as listed below

EQUIPMENT MAKE MODEL PERVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS EQUIPMENT ON: DURATION (Mth) DATE OF FAMILIARIZATION ONBOARD
ECDIS NA NA
Gyro & Auto Pilot NA NA
RADAR 1 NA NA
RADAR 2 NA NA
GPS 1 NA NA
GPS 2 NA NA
Echo Sounder NA NA
Course Recorder NA NA
Speed Log NA NA
AIS NA NA
NAVTEX NA NA
INMARSAT C NA NA
VDR NA NA

Section B: DOUBLED UP WATCHKEEPING REQUIREMENTS (Not applicable for Masters)

Prior joining this vessel Mr______________________ has ______ months experience as OOW, and HAS / DOES NOT HAVE previous experience
on the type of RADAR or ECDIS fitted on board.
Accordingly he should stand ____ no of underway Navigation watches, along with an exisiting Deck Officer / Master.

RECORD OF KEEPING SUPERVISED UNDERWAY NAVIGATION WATCHES

Time Rank of Supervising
Date Signature of Supervising Officer
From To Officer

NOTE: When doubled up watches are kept, the Supervising Officer will be the Officer-in-charge.

Section C: CONFIRMATION OF COMPETENCE

I have confirmed, through practical demonstration, that Mr. __________________________________ is competent in the use of the ship's
navigational equipment (as mentioned in Section A) and is capable of performing an independent navigation watch as officer-in-charge.

Master's Signature: ________________________________ Date: ____________________________

(Ship) Time: ____________________

Master Name : _____________________________________

Date: ______________ and (ship's) time ______________ when the joiner commenced his first independent underway watch. (Not for Masters)

Date: ______________ and (ship's) time ______________ when Change Of Command carried out. (For Master Only)

Note:
1. Master's Type Specific Navigational Equipment familiarization should be completed prior Change of Command.
2. For Deck Officers, Type Specific Navigational Equipment familiarization should be completed prior standing the first independent watch.

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 Type Specific Navigation Equipment Familiarization

Guidelines
Familiarization in the use of all navigation equipment on the ship MUST be given to all newly Joining
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Masters and Deck Officers by using the checklists that follow.

Each time a Master or Deck Officer is joining a vessel, an auto generated cover sheet with details of his
previous experience with the type of navigation equipment fitted on board will be sent to the vessel. The
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Master or Deck Officer will then only need to be familiarized for the equipment he has no previous
experience on.

This familiarization may be conducted by any deck officer presently on board but it should preferably be
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done by a deck officer who is not signing off the ship in the present port.

Newly joining deck officers MUST be provided with sufficient opportunity to visit the navigating bridge and
be familiarized in operation of Navigation equipment using the respective equipment manuals and the
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checklists. The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent
in the use of this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

After completion of familiarization, the master MUST satisfy himself that the officer is capable of operating
Bridge Equipment effectively before authorizing him to keep an unsupervised watch. The Master MUST
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confirm his satisfaction by signing the cover sheet and entering the Date and (Ship’s) Time when such
assessment was made.
Below is the recommended minimum number of underway navigation watches that a newly joined deck
officer should stand along with an existing deck officer before the master assigns him independent charge
of a watch.
a) 1st time 3rd Officer in rank - At least 2 navigation watches while the vessel is underway.
6 b) Any deck officer with less than 12 months of total sea time as an OOW - At least 1 navigation watch
while the vessel is underway.
c) Any deck officer who has no previous experience on the type of RADAR or ECDIS fitted on board – At
least 1 navigation watch while the vessel is underway.
d) All other deck officers – Master’s discretion.
To assist Masters in completing ‘S-3.15c C’, the navigation equipment experience of Masters and Deck
Officers who have previously served on vessels managed by the company has been mapped. The
procedure to be followed is as follows:
a) Each time a Master or Deck Officer is joining a vessel, an auto generated cover sheet with details of his
7 previous experience with the type of navigation equipment fitted on board will be sent to the vessel. The
Master or Deck Officer will then only need to be trained for the equipment he has no previous experience
on.
b) The cover sheet of the Checklist also mentions whether the joining deck officer requires doubling up of
watches.

If the joiner, trainer or Master feel that the familiarization period is insufficient for attainment of the required
8 level of familiarity with the ship’s navigation equipment, additional time for familiarization MUST be given
before keeping an independent watch.

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 ECDIS
Note: Familiarization in ECDIS as per the scope below is expected to take about two hours. A shorter or longer
duration may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.
Trainees must demonstrate the following to the Trainer. In case a feature does not exist, write N.A. in the space provided.

1. Know your ECDIS

1) Make - Model - Software version of ECDIS 1 & 2

2. Chart Management
2) Procedure for installing SA Cert (IHO.CRT / IHO.PUB)
3) Procedure for installing / deleting Chart permits
4) Procedure for installing / deleting charts / chart updates by various methods
(DVD, Email / Internet using removable drive)
5) Procedure for applying AIO update layer / manual updates

3. Ownship settings, including Interfaces provided

6) (Check) Ownship details (name, IMO no, length, width, draft, etc)
7) Check current Time zone & source of UTC time
8) Confirm that mandatory sensors are connected (GPS, Gyro, Log)
9) Confirm status of sensors (for eg GPS 1 - Primary, GPS 2 - Secondary and so on)
10) Procedure for selecting DR mode and manually updating position (ONLY in case of sensor failure)
11) Determine the optional interfaces and overlays available (eg - Radar, AIS, ARPA, Navtex,
Echo-sounder, etc)
12) Check if any ECDIS features are password protected and same known

4. Displays / Controls
13) Set different screen display modes (as applicable / available) such as :
N up / C up / H up display
Centred / Off-Centred Display / Display area limit set
TM / RM Display
Day / Night modes
14) Check Console (& Function) Panels and customisation if any (opening/closing of different information or
setting panels)

15) Come back to Own ship by one click (Home/Center ship)

16) Set Active ENC to it's Compilation scale
17) Chart Autoload, Autoscale, Auto-centre
18) Check status of ECDIS in network (Master / Slave) or (Monitoring / Planning) and procedure for
change over

5. A. ENC Settings
19) Procedure for changing of Display modes (Base/Standard/Full)
20) Procedure for enabling / disabling various S57 layers
21) Procedure for enabling / disabling various User object layers (maps)
22) Procedure for setting Object symbol (Point, line & Area Objects) type, such as : IHO (Simplified) /
Paper like (symbolised)

23) Load largest scale ENC for ownship location

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 ECDIS
Note: Familiarization in ECDIS as per the scope below is expected to take about two hours. A shorter or longer
duration may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.
Trainees must demonstrate the following to the Trainer. In case a feature does not exist, write N.A. in the space provided.

5. B. ENC Safety Settings

24) Calculate and feed Safety Depth, Safety Contour values, Safety height, shallow & deep contour values,
confirm settings are in accordance with Section 2B of Nav 1.

6. Alarm Settings
25) Set Guard Zone (safety frame) settings (Look ahead value, etc)
26) Activate / Deactivate various types of Area alerts
27) Activate / Deactivate Route alarms
28) Check Alarm panel location and list active alarms

7. Route Planning
29) Create, Input and save a route by cursor and keyboard
30) Perform route safety check by ECDIS tool (menu) provided
31) Check ZOC (Quality of data) on the planned route
32) Check procedure to view 'Chart Information' (Pick-reports) Under 'Chart Information' view all details
including attached 'Text' files

33) Unload / Load Route

User Maps (Charts)
34) Create a user/editor chart (map), load-unload user map
35) Assign (remove) alarm to (from) user objects

8. Route Monitoring
36) Activate route for monitoring
37) Plot manual fix by Ecdis tool provided (Bearing, Distance from a point)
38) Scroll ENC / View other location ENC
39) Select / change the Active way point.
40) Select display of UTC / Local time

9. Log Book Settings

41) View Logbook for various entries including alarms
42) Check if log book recording is 'On'

10. Other (Miscellaneous) Tools and Controls

43) Procedure for Back-up of ECDIS data

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The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of this
equipment and is aware of its limitations.
Signature of Trainee : ____________________________ Signature of Trainer : _____________________
Name of Trainee : _______________________________ Name of Trainer : ________________________
Date : _________________________________________ Time : _________________________________
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 GYRO & AUTO PILOT
Note: Training in Gyro and Auto Pilot as per the scope below is expected to take about 30 min. A shorter or
longer duration may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on
board.
i Auto Pilot System Controls
Demonstrate without prompting the following:
1) Changing Steering modes; Follow-up/ Auto Pilot/ Non-follow up
2) Adjust the Rate of turn setting (if applicable)
Present setting: _______________________________
3) Adjust the Radius of Turn setting (if applicable)
Present setting: _______________________________
4) Adjust the Rudder ratio setting
Present setting: _______________________________
5) Adjust the Weather adjustment setting
Present setting: _______________________________
6) Adjust the Rudder Angle Limit setting
Present setting: _______________________________
7) Steering on Auto-Pilot using input from the Magnetic Compass (if applicable)

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ii Gyro And Associated Systems
Demonstrate without prompting the following:
1) Applying Latitude and Speed corrections (if applicable)
Present setting: Latitude _____________ Speed _______________
2) Synchronization of Repeater compasses
3) Changing over to Emergency Steering

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The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 RADAR 1
Note: Training in RADAR as per the scope below is expected to take about 30 min. A shorter or longer duration
may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.
i System Configuration
Demonstrate without prompting the following:
1) Changing of Transmission Pulse (Short/ Medium/ Long)
Present setting: _______________________________
2) Awareness of the Blind Sectors
3) Changeover the display between Sea Stabilized to Ground Stabilized & vice versa
4) Enable and Disable Interference Rejection
5) Enable and Disable Echo trails and set trail timings
6) Tune the Radar and get optimum display by adjusting Gain, Sea and Rain controls
7) Carry out Performance Monitor Test
Present reading: _______________________________

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ii Functions And Uses
Demonstrate without prompting the following:
1) Display route on screen (if applicable)
2) Carrying out a Trial Manoeuvre
3) Aquiring a target, gettting target data and canceling a target
4) Change Vector Settings (True / Relative)
5) Changing between North Up, Head Up and Course up modes
6) Changing between True and relative motion displays
7) Enable and Disable EBL/ VRM (including offsetting procedure)
8) Enable and Disable Range Rings
9) Procedure for Off - Centering display
10) Various Icons, Symbols & Menus
11) Enable and Disable AIS Targets and get AIS target data

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iii Alarms
Demonstrate without prompting the procedure for changing the settings of the
following Alarms
1) CPA and TCPA
Present settings : CPA ______________ TCPA ______________
2) Guard Zone

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The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 RADAR 2
Note: Training in RADAR as per the scope below is expected to take about 30 min. A shorter or longer duration
may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.
i System Configuration
Demonstrate without prompting the following:
1) Changing of Transmission Pulse (Short/ Medium/ Long)
Present setting: _______________________________
2) Awareness of the Blind Sectors
3) Changeover the display between Sea Stabilized to Ground Stabilized & vice versa
4) Enable and Disable Interference Rejection
5) Enable and Disable Echo trails and set trail timings
6) Tune the Radar and get optimum display by adjusting Gain, Sea and Rain controls
7) Carry out Performance Monitor Test
Present reading: _______________________________

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ii Functions And Uses
Demonstrate without prompting the following:
1) Display route on screen (if applicable)
2) Carrying out a Trial Manoeuvre
3) Aquiring a target, gettting target data and canceling a target
4) Change Vector Settings (True / Relative)
5) Changing between North Up, Head Up and Course up modes
6) Changing between True and relative motion displays
7) Enable and Disable EBL/ VRM (including offsetting procedure)
8) Enable and Disable Range Rings
9) Procedure for Off - Centering display
10) Various Icons, Symbols & Menus
11) Enable and Disable AIS Targets and get AIS target data

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iii Alarms
Demonstrate without prompting the procedure for changing the settings of the
following Alarms
1) CPA and TCPA
Present settings : CPA ______________ TCPA ______________
2) Guard Zone

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The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of this
equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 GPS 1
Note: Training in GPS as per the scope below is expected to take about 15 min. A shorter or longer duration
may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.
i Displays / Controls
Demonstrate without prompting the following:
1) Changing of Display modes
2) Check Antenna Height Setting and confirm that this is correct
Present setting: ______________________________
3) Check DOP/ HDOP status and no of satellites presently available
No. of satellites presently showing on the monitor ____________________
4) Confirmation that the Geodatic Datum is WGS 84
5) Inputing Position Offset (Lat/ Long correction)
6) Changing various alarm settings
7) Carrying out a Diagnostic Test

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ii Route Planning
Demonstrate without prompting the following:
1) Create a new Waypoint
2) Modify an existing waypoint
3) Create, Input and save a route (with min 4 waypoints)
Total route distance ___________________________
4) Modify the route created above and save the route after modification.
5) Change between GC and RL course settings

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The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 GPS 2
Note: Training in GPS as per the scope below is expected to take about 15 min. A shorter or longer duration
may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.
i Displays / Controls
Demonstrate without prompting the following:
1) Changing of Display modes
2) Check Antenna Height Setting and confirm that this is correct
Present setting: ______________________________
3) Check DOP/ HDOP status and no of satellites presently available
No. of satellites presently showing on the monitor ____________________
4) Confirmation that the Geodatic Datum is WGS 84
5) Inputing Position Offset (Lat/ Long correction)
6) Changing various alarm settings
7) Carrying out a Diagnostic Test

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ii Route Planning
Demonstrate without prompting the following:
1) Create a new Waypoint
2) Modify an existing waypoint
3) Create, Input and save a route (with min 4 waypoints)
Total route distance ___________________________
4) Modify the route created above and save the route after modification.
5) Change between GC and RL course settings

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The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 ECHO SOUNDER
Note: Training in Echo Sounder as per the scope below is expected to take about 10 min. A shorter or longer
duration may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.

Demonstrate without prompting the following:

1) Changing of Display modes (If applicable)
2) Changing of Range Scale
3) Adjust Gain setting to get optimum graph
4) Enter ships draft and obtain depth of water
5) Check log/ graph and obtain UKC for previous time
6) Changing the UKC alarm setting
Present setting: ______________________________
7) Procedure for changing recording paper
8) Awareness of the location of the transducer
The transducer is located _______________________

The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 COURSE RECORDER
Note: Training in Course Recorder as per the scope below is expected to take about 10 min. A shorter or longer
duration may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.

Demonstrate without prompting the following:

1) Synchronize with UTC
2) Synchronize Heading Feed
3) Procedure for changing recording paper

The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 SPEED LOG
Note: Training in Speed Log as per the scope below is expected to take about 10 min. A shorter or longer
duration may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.

Demonstrate without prompting the following:

1) Changing of Display modes (If applicable) - Bottom/ Water/ Auto
2) Selecting Transducer feeds (Fwd/ Aft) - if applicable
3) Setting of Trip distance
4) State the type of log on board ship - ex, Electro-magnetic / Doppler ______________
5) State the location of tranducer on your vessel _______________________
6) Are any remote display units provided ?
If yes, state the location of the same ___________________

The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 AIS
Note: Training in AIS as per the scope below is expected to take about 10 min. A shorter or longer duration
may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.

Demonstrate without prompting the following:

1) Changing of Display modes (Target List/ Plotter)
2) Select and obtain data of target
3) Procedure for changing Vessels Status, Destination Port, ETA, No. of persons &
Draft
4) Procedure for changing between Low Power and High Power
5) Procedure for sending and receiving Safety and Routine messages
6) Familiarize wirh Navigation Status Display and state the following :
Nav status _________________________________
Destination _________________________________
No. of Persons ______________________________
7) Target List (Familiarize with each display window) & mention the following for a
nearby target:
CALL SIGN ________________________________
IMO No. ___________________________________
Range _____________________________________
Bearing ____________________________________

The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 NAVTEX
Note: Training in Navtex as per the scope below is expected to take about 10 min. A shorter or longer duration
may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.

Demonstrate without prompting the following:

1) Procedure for selecting and de-selecting Navtex stations
Present setting: ______________________________
2) Procedure for selecting and de-selecting Message type
Present setting: ______________________________
3) Check log and retrieve 1 previous message - if applicable
4) Procedure for changing recording paper
5) Carry out Self test and Printer test

The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 INMARSAT C
Note: Training in Inmarsat C as per the scope below is expected to take about 10 min. A shorter or longer
duration may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.

Demonstrate without prompting the following:

1) Procedure for selecting and de-selecting Areas for NAVAREA warnings
2) Check log and retrieve 1 previous message
3) Procedure for changing recording paper
4) Carry out Self tests

The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 VOYAGE DATA RECORDER (VDR)
Note: Training in the VDR as per the scope below is expected to take about 10 min. A shorter or longer duration
may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment fitted on board.

Demonstrate without prompting the following:

1) Procedure for checking the error codes - if applicable
2) Procedure for VDR storage and data recovery
3) Location of the key for VDR cabinet
Key is located at ___________________________

The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in the use of
this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signature of Trainer :

Name of Trainee : Name of Trainer :

Date : Time :

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 BRIDGE NAVIGATIONAL WATCH ALARM SYSTEM (BNWAS)
Note: Training in the BNWAS as per the scope below is expected to take about 10 min. A shorter or
longer duration may be taken depending on the officer's experience with the model of equipment

Demonstrate proper and adequate understanding of following:

1) BNWAS shall be in operation whenever the ship is underway at sea and also when at Anchor

2) BNWAS must always be on "MANUAL" mode only

3) Location of the "re-set" button for BNWAS (must not be in chart-room)

re-set button is located at ___________________________

ON/OFF selection facility is usually a key switch and/or password protected, accessible and
4)
known only to the Master

The Trainee must confirm to the Trainer, through practical demonstration, that he is competent in
the use of this equipment and is aware of its limitations.

Signature of Trainee : Signatue of the Tariner:

Name of Trainee : name of the Tariner :

Date : Time:

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