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Alternative terms: (Ship's) Head, (Ship's) Heading
The horizontal direction of the vessel's bows at a given moment measured in degrees clockwise from north.


The horizontal direction in which a ship is pointed, expressed as angular measure from a reference direction, usually true North.


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Source: IMO A.918(22)
 
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urn:mrn:iala:dic:9-1-0016

The horizontal direction of the vessel's bows at a given moment measured in degrees clockwise from north.


Source: IMO A.918(22)

(VTS33/output/8 refers)